GOVT 345 Quiz 6

GOVT 345 Quiz 6 Liberty University

GOVT 345 Quiz 6: Justice and Rights

Covers the Learn material from Module 6: Week 6.

1. Pareto optimality has been reached if and when any further alteration would result in a person being worse off.
2. In Plato’s conception of justice, the appetitive rules over the spirited which rules over the rational.
3. Some economists argue that the common law is not only efficient but that it is the common law because it is efficient.
4. Economic analysis of the law is where economics, law, and justice meet.
5. Nozick fails to explain how the wealthy are to be prevented from gaining and using power to further their position.
6. In Aristotle’s lexicon, universal justice meant a person is acting lawfully and fairly.
7. Pareto efficiency means that those proting from a transaction have enough to compensate those who lose.
8. As a general rule, Aristotle’s virtue requires complying with law because law encourage citizens to act virtuously.
9. Aristotle divided justice into universal and particular justice. The latter could be further subdivided into distributive and rectificatory justice.
10. For Kant, any action that you would be willing to impose universally is inherently good and consistent with justice.
11. The concept of animal rights can easily dismissed: since they have no duties, animals can have no rights.
12. In the Hohfeldian system, first order rights are those one exercises over your second order rights.
13. In the Hohfeldian system, the presence of a claim means there is corresponding duty.
14. A positive right essentially grants the holder a right to receive and thus places a duty upon another to provide.
15. Rectificatory justice rectifies incorrect distributions.
16. The Interest Theory says humans have interests, a right to further those interests, and that protecting those interests is part of the pursuit of the good life.
17. Q. Adams’ statement, “Duty is ours, results are God’s” is a consequentialist statement.
18. Natural rights are tangible and contingent on some other law.
19. Act utilitarianism judges a rule by the consequences of compliance with the rule.
20. Utilitarianism is inherently deontological.

Other sets

1. The Interest Theory says humans have interests, a right to further those interests, and that protecting those interests is part of the pursuit of the good life.
2. The Interest Theory of Rights sees man as a small sovereign imposing duties on others.
3. For a natural lawyer, a legal right emerges from a moral right which emerges from a natural right.
4. In Aristotle’s lexicon, universal justice meant a person is acting lawfully and fairly.
5. Nozick fails to explain how the wealthy are to be prevented from gaining and using power to further their position.
6. “I must study to pass the exam” is a hypothetical imperative because the duty springs from the purpose.
7. One desirable aspect of the felicific calculous is that it not only takes into account a rise in pleasure but also in how evenly that pleasure is distributed among the public in general.
8. One significant problem with utilitarianism is that it treats people as a means to an end.
9. You have a privilege to use your property and the power to grant that privilege to another.
10. A positive right essentially grants the holder a right to receive and thus places a duty upon another to provide.
11. A major criticism of Rawls is that his theory of justice cannot be justice since it is not about giving people their just deserts.
12. For Kant, any action that you would be willing to impose universally is inherently good and consistent with justice.
13. Kant’s central inquiry is—“Would I will that all act in this manner?”
14. As a general rule, Aristotle’s virtue requires complying with law because law encourage citizens to act virtuously.
15. The rights-, duty-, and goal-based categories are mutually exclusive. Choosing one means abandoning the other.
16. A moral right is enforceable even if there is no corresponding legal right.
17. Some economists argue that the common law is not only efficient but that it is the common law because it is efficient.
18. Posner says hard cases are adjudicated so as to maximize wealth.
19. Q. Adams’ statement, “Duty is ours, results are God’s” is a consequentialist statement.
20. In the Hohfeldian system, the presence of a claim means there is corresponding duty.

Other sets

1. The concept of animal rights can easily dismissed: since they have no duties, animals can have no rights.
2. You have a privilege to use your property and the power to grant that privilege to another.
3. A moral right is enforceable even if there is no corresponding legal right.
4. Act utilitarianism judges an act in light of the consequences of that act.
5. Bentham would agree with Posner—the common law is definitely efficient.
6. Distributive justice means people receiving what they merit.
7. Economic analysis of the law is where economics, law, and justice meet.
8. In Plato’s conception of justice, the appetitive rules over the spirited which rules over the rational.
9. Active rights refer to Hohfeld’s claim and immunity.
10. The Interest Theory of Rights sees man as a small sovereign imposing duties on others.
11. Immunity in the Hohfeldian system refers to the ability to prevent others from altering your claim.
12. The rights-, duty-, and goal-based categories are mutually exclusive. Choosing one means abandoning the other.
13. Some economists argue that the common law is not only efficient but that it is the common law because it is efficient.
14. Utilitarianism is inherently deontological.
15. The source of a legal right is a positive law.
16. Posner says hard cases are adjudicated so as to maximize wealth.
17. “Let justice be done though the heavens fall” is a deontological statement.
18. In Aristotle’s lexicon, universal justice meant a person is acting lawfully and fairly.
19. Pareto efficiency means that those profiting from a transaction have enough to compensate those who lose.
20. Aristotle divided justice into universal and particular justice. The latter could be further subdivided into distributive and rectificatory justice.

Other sets

Set 1

1. For Aristotle justice requires obedience to laws whether just or not.
2. Utilitarianism is inherently deontological.
3. The Interest Theory of Rights sees man as a small sovereign imposing duties on others.
4. The Coase theorem says that where there are zero transaction costs, the efficient outcome will occur regardless of the choice of legal rule.
5. Nozick fails to explain how the wealthy are to be prevented from gaining and using power to further their position.
6. Kant’s central inquiry is—“Would I will that all act in this manner?”
7. The Will and Interest Theories do not necessarily correlate to particular schools of jurisprudence.
8. Rectificatory justice rectifies incorrect distributions.
9. Deontology includes an examination of the possible consequences.
10. Distributive justice means people receiving what they merit.
11. In Aristotle’s lexicon, universal justice meant a person is acting lawfully and fairly.
12. In the Hohfeldian system, first order rights are those one exercises over your second order rights.
13. “Let justice be done though the heavens fall” is a deontological statement.
14. The source of a legal right is a positive law.
15. “I must study to pass the exam” is a hypothetical imperative because the duty springs from the purpose.
16. A major criticism of Rawls is that his theory of justice cannot be justice since it is not about giving people their just deserts.
17. The Interest Theory says humans have interests, a right to further those interests, and that protecting those interests is part of the pursuit of the good life.
18. Opposition to torture based on concern for national reputation is a duty-based argument.
19. For a natural lawyer, a legal right emerges from a moral right which emerges from a natural right.
20. Robert Nozick is known for his “Justice as Fairness” theory which he claims is the only way to preserve individual liberty.

Set 2

1. “I must study to pass the exam” is a hypothetical imperative because the duty springs from the purpose.
2. In Aristotle’s lexicon, universal justice meant a person is acting lawfully and fairly.
3. Kant’s central inquiry is—“Would I will that all act in this manner?”
4. Utilitarianism is inherently deontological.
5. The Interest Theory of Rights sees man as a small sovereign imposing duties on others.
6. Active rights refer to Hohfeld’s claim and immunity.
7. John Rawls is known for his free-market libertarian perspective on rights and justice.
8. The Interest Theory says humans have interests, a right to further those interests, and that protecting those interests is part of the pursuit of the good life.
9. One desirable aspect of the felicific calculous is that it not only takes into account a rise in pleasure but also in how evenly that pleasure is distributed among the public in general.
10. A moral right is enforceable even if there is no corresponding legal right.
11. A major criticism of Rawls is that his theory of justice cannot be justice since it is not about giving people their just deserts.
12. The concept of animal rights can easily dismissed: since they have no duties, animals can have no rights.
13. Nozick fails to explain how the wealthy are to be prevented from gaining and using power to further their position.
14. Robert Nozick is known for his “Justice as Fairness” theory which he claims is the only way to preserve individual liberty.
15. Rectificatory justice rectifies incorrect distributions.
16. Opposition to torture based on concern for national reputation is a duty-based argument.
17. Aristotle divided justice into universal and particular justice. The latter could be further subdivided into distributive and rectificatory justice.
18. Pareto efficiency means that those profiting from a transaction have enough to compensate those who lose.
19. In the Hohfeldian system, first order rights are those one exercises over your second order rights.
20. Hypothetical imperatives are unconditional oughts such as “do not steal”.