Global Justice

Question 1

he warned the vulnerability of hundreds of skyscrapers to further crashes in 1974

Answer 1

James Sutherland

Question 2

refers to increasing integration of nations through trade ,investment, transfer of technology, and exchange of ideas and culture

Answer 2

Globalization

Question 3

worldwide mutual dependence between countries , mutual dependence at a worldwide level

Answer 3

Global Interdependency

Question 4

Process of moving technology to a novel setting and implementing it there

Answer 4

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Question 5

The identification, transfer, and implementation of the most suitable technology for a new set of conditions

Answer 5

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

Question 6

Actions are morally right within a particular society when (and only because) they are approved by law, custom, or other conventions of that society.

Answer 6

ETHICAL RELATIVISM

Question 7

not self-certifying. Instead, they are always open to criticism in light of moral reasons concerning human rights, the public good, duties to respect people, and virtues.

Answer 7

Laws and customs

Question 8

Moral principles have no justified
exceptions and that what is morally
true in one situation is true to
everywhere else

Answer 8

ETHICAL ABSOLUTISM

Question 9

Moral judgements are and should be made in
relation to factors that vary from situation to
situation, usually making it impossible to
formulate rules that are both simple and
absolute

Answer 9

ETHICAL RELATIONALISM

Question 10

a moral entitlement that places obligations on other people to treat one with dignity and respect

Answer 10

HUMAN RIGHTS

Question 11

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS:

Answer 11

1. The right to physical movement
2. The right to ownership of property
3. The right to freedom from torture
4. The right to fair trial
5. The right from nondiscriminatory treatment
6. The right to physical security
7. The right to freedom of speech and association
8. The right to minimal education
9. The right to political participation
10. The right to subsistence

Question 12

agrees that multinational corporations should respect the basic rights of people in the countries where they do business, but he requires more, especially when wealthy countries do business in less economically developed countries

Answer 12

Richard T. De George

Question 13

it is an expression of conscientious participation
in national defense.

Answer 13

INVOLVEMENT IN WEAPONS WORK

Question 14

DEFENSE INDUSTRY PROBLEMS

Answer 14

1. Unethical business practices
2. Waste and cost overruns
3. High cost and poor quality
4. Technological imperative
5. Peacetime secrecy in work of military import

Question 15

“the proactive use of engineering skills to promote a peaceful and just existence for all people.”

Answer 15

PEACE ENGINEERING

Question 16

conduct extensive business in more than one country.

Answer 16

Multinational corporations

Question 17

their operations are spread so thinly around the world that their official headquarters in any one home country

Answer 17

Multinational corporations

Question 18

is largely incidental and essentially a matter of historical circumstance or of selection based on tax advantages.

Answer 18

host countries

Question 19

includes both hardware (machines and installations) and technique (technical, organizational, and managerial skills and procedures).

Answer 19

Technology

Question 20

Appropriate technology also implies that the technology should contribute to and not detract from ________ of the host country by providing for careful stewardship of its natural resources and not degrading the environment beyond its carrying capacity.

Answer 20

sustainable development

Question 21

a phrase which views a version of ethical relativism, the claim that actions are morally right within a particular society when (and only because) they are approved by law, custom, or other conventions of that society.

Answer 21

“When in Rome do as the Romans do.”

Question 22

the view that there is more than one justifiable moral perspective

Answer 22

ethical pluralism