Character Values and Capitalism, sec. 4

Capitalist institutions are unsurpassed at increasing a society's wealth and per capita standard of living, but what are they not sufficient for?

• Ordering economic functions

• Human flourishing

• Promoting virtues

• Increasing wealth.

Fill in the blank: The absence of appropriate social and cultural institutions in capitalism may negatively impact ______.

• A) Ethics

• B) Wealth

• C) Individual rights

• D) Economic growth

According to the text, what do capitalist practices promote?

• Important virtues

• Radical individualism

• Economic inequality

• Technological advancement

What is a potential threat to an ethical society based on capitalist institutions?

• Radical individualism

• Increased wealth

• Economic growth

• Technological progress

What does a civil society require according to economists, philosophers, and theologians?

• A) A moral-cultural system

• B) Increased wealth

• C) Technological advancement

• D) Radical individualism

What is a potential consequence of unchecked radical individualism?

• Greater community involvement

• Acquisition of material goods

• Increased civic duty

• Strengthened family bonds.

Alternatives to capitalism have succeeded in ensuring ______ for the masses.

• Economic growth

• Equal poverty

• Wealth distribution

• Civic duty

What is a temptation for those at the bottom of the income scale in developed countries?

• To focus on their relative well-being by world standards

• To concentrate on their poverty in comparison to fellow citizens

• To erode a sense of civic duty

• To acquire more material goods.

Which of the following is a testimony to the possibility of combating the discontents of modern capitalism?

• The decline of democratic institutions

• The persistence and vibrancy of modern developed nations

• The failure of moral culture

• The collapse of family commitment.

Fill in the blank: The text suggests that economic growth is the road to ______.

• poverty

• wealth

• ethical dilemmas

• social unrest