Rawls’s difference principle from his theory of justice advocates

a. differential treatment based on prior deprivation of rights or opportunities.
b. equal treatment to all
c. allocation of scarce goods according to capability
d. all of the above


a. differential treatment based on prior deprivation of rights or opportunities.

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To say that emotions have intentionality is to say that they

A) ?are about or "directed toward" people, things, or states of affairs. B) ?are purposeful and deliberate. C) ?intend either good or evil. D) ?are simply physiological states of the body.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Socrates believed that only ignorance leads to wrongdoing. 2. Socrates says that virtue is not given by money, but from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. 3. Dworkin believed that a life is valuable only if it produces something, whether it be a book or an invention or a work of art. 4. Dworkin believed that the end result is much more important that the means through which people get the end result. 5. In A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More is jailed and executed for heresy and corrupting the youth, in a historical situation bearing a remarkable resemblance to that of Socrates.

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John Rawls’s idea of justice includes all of the following except

a. rational consideration of the best interests of the people you might represent b. the social contract c. the veil of ignorance d. retribution

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Which of the following is the larger and more liberal sect of Buddhism?

a. Arahayana b. Mahayana c. Sangha d. Theravada

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