Chapter 3: The Ethical State

Question 1

Following the depression, the biggest economic stimulus was ….

Answer 1

WW2

Question 2

They heyday of the ethical state was the first two post-war decades. States created an unprecedented array of …. …. in a magnificent epoch of ethical purpose.

Answer 2

reciprocal obligations

Question 3

The socialist-democratic state was increasingly taken over by the utilitarian and rawlsian vanguards, the ethical state morphed into the ……. state,
Would not have mattered had ….. identity been continuously renewed.

Answer 3

paternalist

shared

Question 4

The utilitarian vanguard was …., and the rawlsian promoted the distinctive identity of …. …..

Answer 4

globalist

Victim group

Question 5

Previously, each person is getting four servings of esteem.
some comes from our ….,
some comes from our …..;
an extra serving comes from whichever of them we have made …..,
and the final serving comes from belonging to the …. that, like us, has chosen this identity as …..

Answer 5

job
nationality 
salient 
group
salient

Question 6

Previously, four servings of esteem is pretty equal. Eventually, due to complexity, highly skilled, educated people switch allegiance from …. to ….
Then they denigrate ….

Answer 6

nationality
job
nationality

Question 7

So far, the part of the population that is skilled and educated has tended to sheer off from …. as its core identity, leaving the less fortunate clinging to its diminished status.

Answer 7

nationality

Question 8

As trust collapses, people start to rely more upon legal mechanism for enforcement of good behaviour (good for ….)

Answer 8

lawyers

Question 9

As the sense of obligation on the part of the skilled towards their fellow-citizens weakens, because they no longer share a ….. identity, behaviour becomes more opportunistic.

Answer 9

Salient

Question 10

Current nationalism is heir to ….

Seek to marginalise a large proportion of society. This will not help restore ….. ….

Answer 10

Fascism

Shared identity.

Question 11

A society needs a strong sense of …. …
Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Bhutan have built social cohesion around a ….. ….. ….

To build around shared ….. difficult due to wide range of opinions. Currently leading to echo chambers

Answer 11

shared identity
distinctive common culture
Values

Question 12

…. is a good premise to build shared identity. Place based identity is one of the traits hardwired deep into our psyche by ….

Answer 12

Belonging

Evolution

Question 13

Narratives of purposive action can set out, how, by accepting the shared identity that defines the domain of obligations, meeting our …. to each other can gradually make us all better off.

Answer 13

obligations

Question 14

Utilising …. over nationalism

Answer 14

patriotism