Rawl's "veil of ignorance" theory suggests that
a. we should make public decisions based on self-interest.
b. public decisions should be based on fairness or equity.
c. decision makers should ignore facts that are not consistent with their values.
d. liberty and justice should be ignored in public decision making.
b
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What does Gilpin conclude about power?
a. It could be defined as the means by which states achieve their goals. b. It is the primary, very often the only, goal pursued by modern nation-states. c. A clear hierarchy of power determines states' ranks in the international system. d. Because it produces material results, it can be quantified more easily than the more slippery concept of wealth.
Philosophers such as John Locke argued that a body of law exists that precedes society and government. Locke argued that such laws are God given, exist within human beings from the time they are born, and are intrinsic in human nature. This concept is referred to as
a. statutory law. b. common law. c. biblical law. d. natural law. e. moral law.