Quiz on Justice and Punishment

What is the concept of justice as equality?

• Everyone should get what they deserve

• Everyone should get what they need

• Everyone should get different kinds and amounts of stuff

• Everyone should get the same kind and amount of stuff

According to John Rawls, what does justice mean?

• Need-based justice

• Equality

• Fairness

• Merit-based justice

What is the concept of negative rights?

• The right to get assistance in getting what you need

• The right not to be interfered with

• The right to have your basic needs fulfilled

• The right to help others fulfill their needs

What is the driving force behind capital punishment according to retributive justice?

• Making the wrongdoer suffer in proportion to the way he's made others suffer

• Restoration and forgiveness

• Welfare maximization

• Rehabilitation

What is the focus of restorative justice?

• Making the wrongdoer suffer

• Deterrence

• Making amends and righting the wrongs

• Welfare maximization

What is the utilitarian approach to punishment?

• Deterrence

• Rehabilitation

• Retributive justice

• Restoration and forgiveness

What is the concept of need-based justice?

• Everyone should get what they need

• Everyone should get the same kind and amount of stuff

• Everyone should get different kinds and amounts of stuff

• Everyone should get what they deserve

According to Robert Nozick, what is the right approach to uneven distribution of wealth?

• Evening out the naturally uneven playing field

• Making everyone suffer equally

• Allowing each person to keep the stuff they have, provided they didn't obtain it unjustly

• Favoring the least well-off

What is the focus of rehabilitation as a form of punishment?

• Restoration and forgiveness

• Making the wrongdoer suffer

• Welfare maximization

• Giving wrongdoers help to learn how to get along in society

What is the concept of positive rights?

• The right to have your basic needs fulfilled

• The right not to be interfered with

• The right to get assistance in getting what you need

• The right to help others fulfill their needs