Question 1

10pts

Among the different ways to assess the justice or fairness of an economic system, which of the following positions favors an assessment based on actual outcomes?

Group of answer choices

a. Advocates of the justice of inherited wealth.

b. Advocates of free market monopolies.

c. Advocates of procedural justice.

c. Advocates of distributive justice.

Question 2

10pts

Proponents of radical egalitarianism believe:

Group of answer choices

a. Some inequality of wealth is morally justifiable and good in a just society.

b. No inequality of wealth is morally justifiable and good in a just society.

c. All inequality of wealth is morally justifiable and good in a just society.

d. Moral questions are irrelevant about wealth distribution in any society.

Question 3

10pts

What is the idea called that claims that an economic system is just when everyone's chances at getting a good education and a good job are much the same?

Group of answer choices

a. Equal opportunity.

b. End-state distributive justice

c. Equal economic outcomes.

d. Supply side economics.

Question 4

10pts

In his influential theory of economic justice, John Rawls argues for a social economic system that can best be described as:

Group of answer choices

a. A purely free market capitalist economic system.

b. A purely state run communist egalitarian system.

c. Both "a" and "be" are true.

d. Neither "a" nor "be is true.

Question 5

10pts

In John Rawls theory of justice, what is meant by the veil of ignorance?

Group of answer choices

a. The unfortunate outcomes of a poor educational system.

b. A fair way in his theory to prevent bias in the so-called original position.

c. The traditional head covering worn by many Muslim women.

d. The willingness to accept unequal liberties in the so-called original position.

Question 6

10pts

Which of the following economic systems is associated with justice as measured by social outcomes and egalitarian principles?

Group of answer choices

a. Socialism.

b. Capitalism.

c. Libertarianism.

d. All of the above.

Question 7

10pts

Individual freedom and liberty understood as living under the least amount possible of government interference and regulation is the moral value primarily stressed by which social system?

Group of answer choices

a. Socialism.

b. Communitarianism.

c. Libertarianism.

d. None of the above.

Question 8

10pts

The gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S has been:

Group of answer choices

a. Accepted by all as an expression of a just social system.

b. Increasing for a long period of time.

c. Decreasing over the last two decades.

d. About the same for most of that last 30 years.

Question 9

10pts

Income inequality and a very narrow concentration of wealth in a society are moral questions when:

Group of answer choices

a. A social system is set up to preserve wealth and power among the few.

b. Education and job opportunity are not equally available to all.

c. Political influence and policy-making serve the wealthy more than the collective good.

d. All of the above.

Question 10

10pts

According to John Rawls, as noted in the lecture by Michael Sandel, principles of justice are best derived from a hypothetical contract.This means imagining ourselves setting up the rules for our soon-to-be society from an original position of:

Group of answer choices

a. Personal disadvantage and powerlessness before that society starts.

b. Personal power and wealth before that society starts.

c. Personal ignorance about what and where we will be within that society.

d. Personal inside knowledge about what and where we will be within that society.