Rights Ethics Quiz

According to Locke, what is the basis of our rights?

• The government

• The social contract

• Ourselves

• God

Locke does not believe in moral objectivity.

• True

• False

The Difference Principle states that:

• Inequality is never acceptable

• Society is not responsible for helping those on the bottom

• Inequality is ok as long as there is equality of opportunity

• People are different so they deserve different rights

How many principles of justice are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Locke believed that the governments main role is to:

• Set national agenda

• Uphold the rights of the people

• Punish those that infringe on others rights

• Limit our freedoms

Which of the following is NOT one of the three rights that Locke believes are God given:

• Life

• Property

• happiness

• liberty

Rawls believed that communism is the best form of government because it is the most just

• True

• False

The veil of ignorance helps us to do what?

• Not factor in our bias when creating the social contract

• not know anything

• forget what society should be like

• not care about who society will favor

According to Rawls, Society is not just unless it is

• equal

• fun

• fair

• based on the original position

Rawls and Locke both believed that we should have as much freedom as possible as long as our freedom doesn't infringe on others freedoms.

• True

• False