Talk of justice and injustice appeals to the related notions of what?
What is fairness, equality, desert, and rights. (page 86)
100
means that successive additions to one's income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions?
What is "the declining marginal utility of money"? (page 92)
100
True or False? The U.S. leads the world in executive pay.
What is True (see intro to chapter)
100
Who believes that economic competition steers the individual pursuit of self-interest in a socially beneficial direction.
Who is Adam Smith? (page 123)
100
Who believed that capitalism leads to a concentration of property and thus a concentration of resources and power in relatively a few hands?
Who is Karl Marx? (page 134)
200
Who believed this principle of fairness? Similar cases must be treated alike except where there is some relevant difference.
Who is Aristotle? (page 83)
200
This person believed that rights are certain moral rules whose observance is of the utmost importance for the long-run, overall maximization of happiness.
Who is John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism? (page 90 margin)
200
Karl Marx believed that capitalist workers will suffer from ___________.
What is alienation? (page 135)
200
An economic system characterized by public ownership of property and a planned economy.
What is Socialism? (page 119)
200
The money that is invested for the purpose of making more money.
What is capital (page 124)
300
According to John Rawls people in the "original position" choose the principles of justice on the basis of ...
What is "self-interest" (page 102)
300
What concept stated that inequalities are only justified if they benefit the least advantaged.
What is "the difference principle"? (page 105)
300
The philosopher who believed the maximin rule is relevant to justice?
Who is John Rawls? (page 103)
300
Which group believes that capitalism assumes that well-being comes from greater material consumption?
Who are critics of capitalism? (page 128-132)
300
A practice where companies buy parts or whole products from other producers, both at home and abroad.
What is outsourcing? (page 137)
400
Property is a moral right according to whom?
Who is John Locke? (page 94-95)
400
The first principle of Nozick's entitlement theory concerns the original acquisition of what? (three tangible things)
What is goods, money, and property? (page 95 and margin)
400
Less than ________ percent of the American workforce is employed in manufacturing for the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
What is 10%? (page 137)
400
Who supported this concept?
Labor is alienated in a capitalist economic system (in part) because the labor of a worker stands opposed to the worker as an autonomous power.
Karl Marx? (pages 135)
400
Who believes that people seeking self-interest in a free market through competition can benefit society as a whole?
Who is Adam Smith (Utilitarian) - (page 123)
500
What concept proposes that agreement seems unlikely for those in the original position who choose principles on the basis of self-interest?
What is "the veil of ignorance"? (page 102)
500
concerns the morally proper distribution of social benefits and burdens.
What is "distributive justice"? (page 87)
500
According to what, Americans typically value things like their children's education and a satisfactory love life more than work.
What is an International survey … (page 141)
500
______ thirds of Americans worry about having enough (money) to meet basically family expenses.
What is 2 (two)? --- (page 141)
500
An assessment of work in America is that many manufacturing companies have become...