Justice

Question 1

Define justice

Answer 1

Giving each person what they are “due”

Question 2

What does social justice refer to?

Answer 2

The distribution of material rewards and benefits in society such as wages, profits, housing etc

Question 3

Define foundational equality

Answer 3

The belief that humans are “born” equal, each individual is of equal moral worth.

Question 4

Do liberals subscribe to foundational equality?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What is equal ctizienship?

Answer 5

Individuals should enjoy the same formal status in society

Question 6

What do liberals fiercely disapprove of?

Answer 6

Any social privileges such as gender, race, or social background

Question 7

What can liberals’ disapproval of social privilege be termed as?

Answer 7

Difference blind

Question 8

What are the most important forms of equality for a liberal?

Answer 8

Political and legal equality

Question 9

What is legal equality?

Answer 9

Equality before the law

Question 10

What is political equality?

Answer 10

One person, one vote, one vote, one value.

Question 11

What kind of equality do liberals subscribe to?

Answer 11

Equality of opportunity

Question 12

Define equality of opportunity

Answer 12

The game of life must be played on an even playing field

Question 13

What do liberals believe it is right to reward?

Answer 13

Merit (ability and willingness to work)

Question 14

What does equality mean for a liberal?

Answer 14

Individuals should have equal opportunity to develop their unequal skills and abilities

Question 15

What is meritocracy?

Answer 15

Society in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of talent and application amongst human beings

Question 16

What have classical liberals endorsed?

Answer 16

Strict meritocracy on economic and moral grounds

Question 17

What is the economic impact of meritocracy?

Answer 17

They place heavy stress on the need for incentives

Question 18

What is the moral implication of meritocracy?

Answer 18

Justice requires that unequal individuals are not treated equally

Question 19

What have modern liberals taken social justice to imply?

Answer 19

A belief in some measure of social equality

Question 20

What did John Rawls argue in “a theory of justice”

Answer 20

That economic inequality is only justifiable when it works to benefit the poorest in society