Exam Questions Flashcards
1
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What does Rawls mean with the difference principle?
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Inequalities are only allowed when there in favour of the least advantaged.
2
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What does moral individualism mean?
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An individual must onlu fulfill the obligations they (tacitly) agreed on.
3
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What reflects Jean Jacques Rousseau’s views on ethics and politics?
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Freedom and the authority of the state can be reconciled.
4
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What does Thomas Hobbs describe in the Leviathan?
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As beings equipped with reason, humans realize that peace serves their self-interest, and the imperatives to achieve peace are desirable. Hobbes calls these imperatives laws of nature, the sum of which is not to treat others in ways we would not have them treat us.
