(Social Justice and Equality)
Whose Theory of Justice describes an Original Position?
John Rawls
A right that is negative, with an "absence of duty," is known as a _______
Liberty right
Does the U.S. use single-member districts or proportional representation?
Single-member districts
A forwards-looking approach (punishing for the ends it will bring about)
Consequentialist
A minority group no longer wearing their culture's traditional attire is an example of ______
Assimilation
Double Bind
Which theorist suggests that the state of nature is brutal, so we must give up virtually all rights?
Hobbes
Only a democratic process has value, must not threaten democracy in the future
Democratic proceduralism
A backwards-looking approach, punishing as payback for past harmful actions
Retributivist
Publicly acknowledging a minority culture (Taylor's theory) is what type of multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism as recognition
Justice; Care
What is a main challenge of considering human rights universal?
Cultural relativism
Majority rule when choosing between 2 options is the only rule that satisfies conditions of fairness
May's Theorem
Name two of the mixed approaches to punishment.
Hart, Duty-Based, Communicative
Define thin and thick multiculturalism
Thin - tolerating minorities with distinct yet compatible practices
Thick - moral toleration of minorities with illiberal practices
(Global Justice) "Everyone has a duty to donate everything up until they are marginally better than suffering." What is this approach known as?
Strong Cosmopolitan Justice
Name one of Caney's principles on climate change
Right not to be arbitrarily deprived of life; right to health; right to subsistence
Name one challenge of instrumentalist justifications for democracy
Uninformed voters; campaigning differs from governing; societal fragmentation
Criminalizing conduct in order to make people better off, and prevent them from harming themselves, is known as _____
Paternalism
Okin views _______ as the most likely to suffer when the state tolerates a minority culture's illiberal practices
Women and girls