Rawls Final Quiz

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1.

Rawls considers justice only as a virtue of what?
2.

What are Rawls’ two principles of justice?
3.

Which three ideas is Rawlsian justice a complex of?
4.

Why is the notion that similar cases should be treated similarly part of the concept of justice?
5.

Who must gain from an inequality in order for it to be considered a just or fair inequality?
6.

What two things must having a morality imply, for Rawls?
7.

Fill in the blanks: “The principles of justice may, then, be regarded as those principles which arise when the constraints of having ___________________ are imposed upon parties in the typical circumstances of ________________.”
8.

Why does Rawls claim that his conjectural story about the situation in which justice is an issue involves no general theory of human motivations?
9.

Which objection to social contract theory does Rawls believe he has avoided?
10.

When does the question of fairness arise, according to Rawls?
11.

What notion makes fairness central to the meaning of justice?
12.

Under what condition is true community among people possible, and why?
13.

What duty do I have whenever I a) participate in a practice and b) acknowledge the rules of that practice to be fair?
14.

What do I recognize by way of accepting the need to play fair?
15.

What must one set aside as irrelevant in assessing the merits of a practice?
16.

To what does utilitarianism assimilate justice, according to Rawls?
17.

What is the problem with the utilitarian critique of slavery, according to Rawls?
18.

Why, according to Rawls, must both slave and slaveholder be supposed to agree that slavery is unjust?
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In what way does Rawls think different societies a) will and b) will not differ regarding the concept of justice?

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Rawls Final Quiz

Rawls considers justice only as a virtue of what?

What are Rawls’ two principles of justice?

Which three ideas is Rawlsian justice a complex of?

Why is the notion that similar cases should be treated similarly part of the concept of justice?

Who must gain from an inequality in order for it to be considered a just or fair inequality?

What two things must having a morality imply, for Rawls?

Fill in the blanks: “The principles of justice may, then, be regarded as those principles which arise when the constraints of having ___________________ are imposed upon parties in the typical circumstances of ________________.”

Why does Rawls claim that his conjectural story about the situation in which justice is an issue involves no general theory of human motivations?

Which objection to social contract theory does Rawls believe he has avoided?

When does the question of fairness arise, according to Rawls?

What notion makes fairness central to the meaning of justice?

Under what condition is true community among people possible, and why?

What duty do I have whenever I a) participate in a practice and b) acknowledge the rules of that practice to be fair?

What do I recognize by way of accepting the need to play fair?

What must one set aside as irrelevant in assessing the merits of a practice?

To what does utilitarianism assimilate justice, according to Rawls?

What is the problem with the utilitarian critique of slavery, according to Rawls?

Why, according to Rawls, must both slave and slaveholder be supposed to agree that slavery is unjust?

In what way does Rawls think different societies a) will and b) will not differ regarding the concept of justice?

Fill in the blanks: “The principles of justice may, then, be regarded as those principles which arise when the constraints of having ___ are imposed upon parties in the typical circumstances of .”