Exam 9: Justice and the Good Society

How do human rights differ from legal rights? Give an example of each.

John Rawls' two Principles of Justice are more consistent with a communitarian than libertarian social ideology.

In his Republic,Plato may have embraced a viewpoint sympathetic to feminism when he argued that any two people who do the same job,whatever their sex,ought to be educated,brought up,and treated in the same way.

Martin Luther King's commitment to civil disobedience was especially influenced by

Free markets are the best way to efficiently decrease inequality,without the assistance of government.

Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King,Jr.were convinced that the interests of blacks throughout the world could be advanced best by peaceful means.

Contrast the conception of a person as a social function and the conception of a person as an individual,free to define him or herself.

"From each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs" was the principle of justice developed by

What are the four concerns of justice?

Why can't a democracy be an oligarchy?

What is the "invisible hand"?

In the American Declaration of Independence the phrase "all men are created equal" implies that everyone has the same talents and abilities at birth.

The Kurt Vonnegut story,where everyone is made equal by handicapping the advantaged,suggests that some inequalities reflect real differences in accomplishment and make our whole society richer.

According to John Rawls' first "principle of justice",all persons have an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with a like liberty for all.

According to Karl Marx,workers in capitalist societies become increasingly alienated from themselves and their labor.

The right to drive is an example of a human or natural right.

For most people,the good life carries no presupposition about the kind of society in which one should live.

Distinguish distributive from retributive justice.

A country ruled by a handful of powerful men would be called an oligarchy.

To say that you have a right to something implies that someone else (either a person,organization or government)has a duty or obligation to provide you with that thing.