SOC 331 Week 3 Quiz Essay
SOC 331 Week 3 Quiz Essay
1. Question : Of the following, which is NOT an element in George McGovern’s “new definition of ‘defense’”?
Student Answer:
The quality of our education
Military protection against terrorism
The health of our people
The strength of our transportation
2. Question : Of the following, which is NOT a criticism of Utilitarianism?
Student Answer:
There is the threat of the tyranny of the majority.
People should promote the greatest good for the greatest number.
John Stuart Mill, an influential proponent of utilitarianism, incorrectly assumes that “desirable” and “desired” mean the same thing.
Utilitarianism is subjective and subjectivism renders moral debate meaningless.
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3. Question : The question about who has the right to vote is a matter of ______________ justice.
Student Answer:
Retributive
Distributive
Transformative
Corrective
4. Question : People are more willing to pay to watch Marcelena play tennis than to watch others play tennis. So it’s just that she receives higher pay than the others. This view is consistent with
Student Answer:
Robert Nozick’s Egalitarianism
John Stuart Mill’s Retributivism
John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism
Robert Nozick’s Libertarianism
5. Question : Why did Malcolm Birnbaum argue that the mentally ill have a constitutional right to adequate treatment?
Student Answer:
Because government has no right to commit people to mental hospitals against their will.
Because committing mentally ill people to hospitals against their will constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Because patients committed involuntarily who receive inadequate treatment are deprived of liberty without due process.
Because patients committed involuntarily who receive inadequate treatment are not receiving equal protection under the law.
6. Question : Which of the following was NOT a result of the Civil War Amendments?
Student Answer:
Women got the right to vote.
Black men received the right to vote.
Equal citizenship under the law.
Abolishment of slavery.
7. Question : Which of the following best describes Norman Daniels’ Prudential Lifespan Account?
Student Answer:
Goods and services should be allocated in similar amounts across a person’s lifespan.
Goods and services should be distributed equally among all people no matter what their age is.
Whatever is a just distribution at a given age should be available to everyone of that age.
Whatever is a just distribution at given age should be available to anyone of any age.
8. Question : Which theories of distributive justice require some allocation of resources to the needy?
Student Answer:
Utilitarianism and egalitarianism, but not libertarianism
Utilitarianism, but not egalitarianism or libertarianism
Utilitarianism and libertarianism, but not egalitarianism
Libertarianism and egalitarianism, but not utilitarianism
9. Question : Of the following theories of distributive justice, which could consistently support equal pay for men and women?
Student Answer:
Egalitarian and utilitarian, but not libertarian
Egalitarian, but not utilitarian or libertarian
Egalitarian and libertarian, but not utilitarian
Egalitarian, utilitarian, and libertarian
10. Question : Heather believes that justice demands giving every stakeholder an equal share of public goods and services. To this extent, therefore, she is
Student Answer:
A utilitarian in matters of retributive justice
An egalitarian in matters of distributive justice
An egalitarian in matters of retributive justice
A utilitarian in matters of distributive justice