What type of theory does Rawls develop?
a. A social contract theory c. A utilitarian theory
b. A social conscience theory d. A virtue theory
ANS: A
Rawls develops a social contract theory of justice in A Theory of Justice.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
A conditional statement is the same thing as a hypothetical statement.
____________________ ____________________ appeals to general statements to reach its logical
conclusions
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).The Jain path is primarily one of compassion
a. True b. False
Determine which of the lettered claims below is equivalent to the following: If the gun has a trigger lock, then it can be sold. (This can be easy to do if you symbolize the claims first and have some familiarity either with truth tables or with the Group II rules for derivations-the truth-functional equivalences.)A. Only if the gun has a trigger lock can it be sold.B. The gun has no trigger lock, but it can be sold anyway.C. If the gun cannot be sold, then it has no trigger lock.D. If the gun has no trigger lock, then it can be sold.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).