Unit 4/5

Question 1

List all of Erik Eriksons stages and conflicts.

Answer 1

1. Trust v mistrust
2. Autonomy v shame/doubt
3. Initiative v guilt
4. Industry v inferiority
5. Identity v identity confusion
6. Intimacy v isolation
7. Generativity v stagnation
8. Integrity v despair

Question 2

Explain Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.

Answer 2

1. Pre-conventional moral thinking
   
   • age 3-7
   • does things based on rewards
     and fear of being punished
2. Conventional moral thinking
   
   • age 8-13
   • trust, caring, and loyalty to
     others is the central motivation
     for morality
   • rules are followed out of respect
     and obedience to authority
3. Post-conventional moral thinking
   
   • adult
   • moral decisions made on
     principles of Justice and the
     greater good
   • follow law and act morally due
     to your own senses

Question 3

List the types of Justice.

Answer 3

1. Commutative Justice
2. Legal Justice
3. Environmental Justice
4. Distributive Justice

Question 4

Define commutative Justice

Answer 4

Individual Justice.
- obligation between individuals

Property rights, paying debts, and filling contract obligations.

Question 5

What type of Justice “involves obligations individuals have towards their community or society”.
Give examples

Answer 5

Legal Justice
Aka social Justice
ie. Paying taxes and voting.

Question 6

Define environmental Justice.

Answer 6

Obligations we have towards Gods creation as stewards of the earth.

Question 7

Define Distributive Justice

Answer 7

Obligations that society has towards all its members.

Role of government, corporations, communities and individuals in the distribution of resources.

Question 8

What are the 4 Distributive goods?

Answer 8

Good of citizenship
Good of security and public assistance
Economic good
Good of offices and positions

Question 9

Define “good of citizenship”.

Answer 9

Conditions pertaining to citizenship (obtaining and loss of), right to vote and participate and freedom of expression.

Question 10

Define the “economic good”

Answer 10

Regulates money and products

ie. Salaries, wages, stock market, banking and right to private property.

Question 11

Define the “the good of offices and positions”.

Answer 11

Distribution is not based on heredity or wealth but on qualification set by public procedure.

Question 12

What is poverty?

Answer 12

Lack of income and resources to live adequately by community standard.

Question 13

What is the difference between relative and absolute poverty?

Answer 13

Relative:
Have a home and enough money for basic necessities but not enough in relation to others in society.

Absolute:
When peoples lives are threatened because they can’t afford food shelter or medicine.
- not enough money for basic
necessities.

Question 14

What causes poverty?

Answer 14

War
Disease
Environmental facts
Government corruption
Global economic dynamics

Question 15

What are some solutions to poverty?

Answer 15

Solutions are multi-tiered and complex
Be informed about global and corporate practices of your country
Purchase ethical stock funds
Take part in creating policies at home that have an impact abroad
Foster a child
Volunteer for an agency that works in the developing world
Keep up to date on where money goes