The Ideal State Exam Prep Ch7

Chapter 07 Test Bank

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Title: Chapter 07- Question 01

01) Normative theory is concerned with empirical facts.

a. True

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b. False

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 02

02) John Rawls’s theory of justice is often considered to be the classical example of non-ideal theory.

a. True

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b. False

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Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 03

03) Give an example of a procedural way of legitimizing the state.

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a. Consent (if we consent to it then we are obliged to obey it).

b. Democracy (if we help make the laws under which we live we are obliged to obey them).

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 04

04) The social contract tradition is primarily associated with the work of Adam Smith.

a. True

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b. False

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 05

05) Locke promotes positive rights.

a. True

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b. False

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Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 06

06) Give an example of positive rights. Please select all that apply.

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a. The right to free education.

b. The right to own property.

c. The right to be free.

d. The right to free healthcare.

e. The right to steal from your neighbour.

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 07

07) Rousseau is particularly associated with the idea of the _________.

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a. General will.

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 08

08) Which are the main features of utilitarianism? Please select all that apply.

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a. The promotion of the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

b. The support of a paternalistic state.

c. An essentially pessimistic view of human nature.

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 09

09) One of the most useful things about utilitarianism is its aggregative nature.

a. True

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b. False

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 10

10) Explain the difference between positive and negative freedom with reference to Berlin’s opinions on the matter.

a. Negative freedom relates to what we should be left to do without interference by others, including being free from physical harm or coercion. Positive freedom goes further, asking what non-physical barriers are in place that prevent us from being free.

Berlin defended negative liberty but was fiercely opposed to positive freedom, seeing it as the enemy of real freedom.

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 11

11) John Stuart Mill’s 1859 essay was entitled ______.

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a. On Liberty.

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 12

12) The harm principle posits that the state should forcefully prevent us from harming ourselves, as well as others.

a. True

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b. False

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Title: Chapter 07 – Question 13

13) The Wolfenden Report of 1957 is an example of Mill’s harm principle being applied to real life.

a. True

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b. False

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Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 14

14) Explain the critique of Mill’s harm principle.

a. It is argued that the distinction between self- and other-regarding actions is unsustainable—there are very few actions that affect only the actor and not those around her. Moreover, it is debatable whether even in cases where an action is truly self-regarding, the state should not intervene anyway to prevent the individual from harming herself. Finally, the harm principle only refers to actions which cause physical harm, but we may also want the state to intervene in cases of emotional/mental abuse, etc.

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Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 15

15) Describe some of anarchism’s key features. Please select all that apply.

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a. An abhorrence of the state.

b. It shares roots with the socialist tradition.

c. It supports private property rights.