Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Question 1 0 / 2.8 pts
Rawls argues that the right to the most exte
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Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
Score for this quiz: 94.4 out of 100
Submitted Feb 5 at 3:42pm
Quiz
Question 1 0 / 2.8 pts
Rawls argues that the right to the most extensive equal basic liberties may be reduced if
doing so benefits the worst-off in society.
Y You Answered ou Answered True
orrect Answer orrect Answer False
Question 2 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Where did Ayn Rand immigrate to the United States from?
France
China
Argentina
Russia
Question 3 2.8 / 2.8 pts
To suggest that allowing people to earn as much money as they can because doing so gives
people incentive to be maximally productive comes under which form of reasoning?
Utilitarianism
Natural law07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Categorical imperative
Relativism
Question 4 2.8 / 2.8 pts
To suggest that Tom has a right to the money that is earned as a result of his innovative
idea comes under which form of ethical reasoning?
Utilitarianism
Natural law
Categorical imperative
Relativism
Question 5 2.8 / 2.8 pts
An "end state" view of economic justice is one that is concerned about how things turn out
in terms of the distribution of wealth in a society.
True
False
Question 6 2.8 / 2.8 pts07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Rawls's second principle of justice requires that inequality in goods in a society is just
provided that the people have merited what they have.
True
False
Question 7 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Adam Smith believed that economic self-interest produces the best general outcome.
True
False
Question 8 2.8 / 2.8 pts
The ring of Gyges can best be described as which of the following?
A ring of inheritance indicating royalty
A ring that represents a committed romance
A ring that can make the wearer invisible
A geological formation in ancient Greece
Question 9 2.8 / 2.8 pts07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Libertarians typically hold a process view of justice rather than an end state view.
True
False
Question 10 2.8 / 2.8 pts
To say that something is a normative theory is to say that it tells us what we ought to do.
True
False
Question 11 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Which of the following is NOT true of Hobbes' social contract theory?
It is both a political and a moral position.
It assumes that a person's agreement to social rules will be grounded in selfinterest.
It assumes that the outcome of the social contract will be a democratic
government.
It assumes that a person's agreement to social rules will be rational.07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Question 12 2.8 / 2.8 pts
The method Rawls uses to derive principles for determining what social institutions are
just is an appeal to an imaginary situation in which people would choose principles, not
knowing certain possibly biasing things about themselves.
True
False
Question 13 2.8 / 2.8 pts
According to John Rawls in A Theory of Justice, it is always unjust for some people to be
very wealthy and others to be poor.
True
False
Question 14 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Rawls believes justice is to social institutions as
Money is to economics.
Medicine is to hospitals.
Taxes are to government.
Truth is to scientific systems.07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Question 15 2.8 / 2.8 pts
What does Glaucon want to demonstrate by giving two people rings?
Even "good" people will do evil if they can act without consequence.
The people have a deep bond with each other.
The people are children of the king.
People can be trusted with great power.
Question 16 2.8 / 2.8 pts
John Rawls derives his principles of justice by asking what principles people who are
concerned about the welfare of others would choose.
True
False
Question 17 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Social contract theory assumes that human beings are psychological egoists.
True
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Question 18 2.8 / 2.8 pts
The term 'altruism' refers to
Universal ethical egoism.
Selfishness.
Selfless action.
Psychological egoism.
Question 19 2.8 / 2.8 pts
According to Robert Nozick, principles that require distribution of social benefits
according to moral merit, usefulness to society, or another natural dimension are best
described as which of the following?
Historical.
Efficient.
Patterned.
Egalitarian.
Question 20 2.8 / 2.8 pts
The morality of inequality of opportunity is a(n) _______ ethical concern, while the
morality of inequality of outcome is a(n) ________ ethical concern?07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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Natural law, relative
Categorical imperative, natural law
Natural law, utilitarian
Utilitarian, relative
Question 21 0 / 2.8 pts
Ayn Rand believed that egoism was morally wrong.
orrect Answer orrect Answer True
Y You Answered ou Answered False
Question 22 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Ethical egoism is a descriptive theory.
True
False
Question 23 2.8 / 2.8 pts
According to a process view of economic justice, a social distribution of wealth is just if
and only if the disparities in wealth are due to differences in merit, achievement, or
contribution.07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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True
False
Question 24 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Distributive justice has to do with
How justice is divided within a society.
How goods are allocated among persons.
How likely one is to get a fair trial.
A major in college.
Question 25 2.8 / 2.8 pts
Libertarians favor a minimalized government.
True
False
Question 26 7.5 / 7.5 pts
Your Answer:
Discuss the two versions of ethical egoism.07/02/2021 Module 4 Quiz: Chapter 4 and 14: HUMN 330 Values and Ethics - Jan 2021 - Online
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The two versions of ethical egoisms are psychological egoism and ethical
egoism itself.
Psychology egoism deeply motivated by what we perceive to be in our own
self-interest.
Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to
act in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which
claims that people can only act in their self-interest.
Question 27 7.5 / 7.5 pts
Your Answer:
Can a selfish person be a moral person? Can a self-interested person be a
moral person? Explain the difference, if there is any, between being selfish
and being self-interested? What are the differences between acting
prudently and acting morally?
Yes, a selfish person can be a moral person to a certain extent. Depending
on the circumstances and what’s at stake. A selfish person may be selfcentered and self kept, however, they might not directly going out and
causing harm to others. In itself it is somewhat being morally right.
A self-interested can also be somewhat of a moral person. It’s similar to
being a self-absorbed person.
A self-interested person might be more willing to assist someone,
especially if it makes them look good.
As for selfish person, they are more likely to not lend a helping help.
The difference between acting prudently and acting morally, acting
prudently tends to be more concerned about the future outcome and
consequences. However, acting morally can be applied in a current issue
and how it can be resolved, without much consideration of the future
outcome and consequences.
Your Answer:
What is the difference between a process view of distributive justice and an
end-state view?
The difference is that the process view of distributive justice concerns the
justification of the allocation of resources within a society. While the endstate view is to ensure that the distribution of wealth in a society has a
certain structure.
The process view of distributive justice is questioning if the allocation of
resources distributed in is justifiable. The end-state view is used to ensure
that the distribution of wealth (resources) is structured.
Question 29 7.5 / 7.5 pts
Your Answer:
Do you think that there should be equal opportunity in a just society? What
would you mean by equal opportunity? Do you think that it is a realizable
ideal?
Yes, I do believe that there should be somewhat of an equal opportunity in
a just society.
Equal opportunity means that those in the society, regardless of
background, ethnicity, culture or views, have the same unbiased treatment
and equal opportunity to reach their goals and dreams based on their own
capabilities.
I think this ideology can be realized to a certain extent. But not fully
realized like we’d wish it hope for. As wealth, fame, influence and
connections play a huge factor in such situations.
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