Political Philosophy

9 questions

1.

Which critique most directly challenges Rawls's difference principle from a libertarian perspective?

2.

In social contract theory, which condition best supports legitimate political authority?

3.

Which response best rebuts the libertarian objection that positive rights generate coercive, unjustified duties on others?

4.

A government exercising paternalistic restrictions on freedom can never be justified under liberal theories of liberty.

5.

The social contract justification of authority requires explicit written consent from all those governed.

6.

Rights-based approaches and utilitarianism necessarily yield the same policy conclusions about redistributive justice.

7.

Explain an objection to using the 'state of nature' thought experiment as the foundation for modern political authority and provide a brief defense of how contractarians might respond.

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8.

Locke argues that legitimate authority requires the protection of ____Blank 1; Mill argues that liberty should be limited only to prevent harm to ____Blank 2.

9.

Match the theory or thinker (left) with the best-fitting short claim (right):