Chapter 3 - Justice And Economic Distribution

According to Mill's utilitarianism

According to libertarianism

According to John Rawls, people in "the original position" choose the principles of justice on the basis of

If libertarianism is true, which of these statements is true?

The veil of ignorance assures us that people in the original position will be

The difference principle of Rawls states

In association with labor and capital, Mill had contrasting views of

Who is more likely to be sympathetic with the idea of reducing the disparities of income in society

The first principle of Nozick's entitlement theory concerns the original acquisition of

To the libertarians, their concept of liberty includes a commitment to

Rawls rejects utilitarianism because

Eminent domain is the ancient right of government to take what from an individual?

T or F: Libertarians reject inheritance as a legitimate means of acquiring wealth

T or F: The phrase "the declining marginal utility of money" means that successive additions to one's income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions

T or F: Robert Nozick uses the Wilt Chamberlain story to show the importance of economic re-distribution

T or F: Rawls's theory of distributive justice is a form of utilitarianism

T or F: The United States leads the world in executive pay

T or F: According to John Rawls, people in the original position do not know what social position or status they hold in society

T or F: According to the "maximin" rule, you should select the alternative under which the worst that could happen to you is better than the worst that could happen to you under any other alternative

T or F: Distributive justice concerns the morally proper distribution of social benefits and burdens

T or F: According to Mill, to say that I have a right to something is to say that I have a valid claim on society to protect in the possession of that thing, either by force of law or through education and opinion

T or F: In his Principles of Political Economy, J.S. Mill argued for the desirability of breaking down the sharp and hostile division between the producers or workers, on the one hand, and the capitalists or owners, on the other hand

T or F: According to libertarianism, liberty is the prime value, and justice consists in being free from the interference of others

T or F: Libertarians involves a commitment to leaving market relations - buying,selling, and other exchanges - totally unrestricted.

T or F: Libertarians would find it immoral and unjust to coerce people to give food or money to the starving

T or F: John Rawls's second principle of justice states that insofar as inequalities are permitted -- that is insofar as it is compatible with justice for some jobs or positions to bring greater rewards than others -- these positions must be all open