PHIL 186 - Quiz 5; Rawls
According to Rawls, rights are endowed to every human being, regardless of whether or not her or his society supplies them. Rawls believes in the existence of natural rights.
FALSE
John Rawls' theory is based on and supports the principle of utility and libertarian principles.
FALSE
Which of the following does not apply to the original position?
It is based on the principle of utility
What are the two principles of justice that Rawls believes all rational agents would agree to, in the original position and behind the veil of ignorance?
1. Each person is to have a right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all. 2. Social and economic inequalities are to satisfy two conditions: (a) They are to be attached to positions and offices open to all under conditions of fair equality and opportunity. (b) Any inequality in society should benefit the least advantaged members of society.
Rawls claims that, at the very least, people ought to guarantee themselves: income and wealth, rights, liberties, opportunities, status, and self respect. He calls these:
Primary Social Goods
According to the reading, Rawls believes that his theory would be supported by Immanuel Kant
TRUE
According to the reading, Rawls' theory of Justice as Fairness is based on traditional theories of the social contract.
TRUE
By "justice as fairness," Rawls means: the ideas and principles of justice are agreed to in an initial situation that is fair.
TRUE
Once in the original position and behind the veil of ignorance, agents would decide upon two principles.
TRUE
One of the goals of justice as fairness, is to assign principles of basic rights and duties that will determine the division of social benefits.
TRUE
Rawls claims that, in order for his theory to work, agents in the original position and the veil of ignorance need to make choices based on their own self-interest.
TRUE
Any inequality in society should be to the benefit of the least advantaged in society" is an expression of:
The Difference Principle
The purely hypothetical situation in which an agent must enter, in order to arrive at principles of justice is called:
The Original Position
In order to arrive at the principles of justice, agents must suspend their knowledge of their social and economic status. Rawls calls this the
The Veil of Ignorance