Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person ha

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Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person has an equal right to basic liberties, and second, inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth are not tolerated unless these inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and are attached to jobs open to everyone.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle described above?

(A) Society S guarantees everyone equal right to basic liberties, while allowing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth that are to the advantage of everyone. Further, the jobs to which these inequalities are attached are open to most people. Thus, society S is just.

(B) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. Thus, society S is not just.

(C) Society S allows inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, although everyone benefits, and these inequalities are attached to jobs that are open to everyone. Thus, society S is just.

(D) Society S distributes income and wealth to everyone equally, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the right to basic liberties. Thus, society S is not just.

(E) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, and although there is an inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the jobs, to which these inequalities are attached, are open to all. Thus, society S is just.

Krishh9119 · Answer

Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person has an equal right to basic liberties, and second, inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth are not tolerated unless these inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and are attached to jobs open to everyone.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle described above?

(A) Society S guarantees everyone equal right to basic liberties, while allowing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth that are to the advantage of everyone. Further, the jobs to which these inequalities are attached are open to most people. Thus, society S is just.Most rather than everyone. Incorrect

(B) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. Thus, society S is not just. Co-relation in invalid

(C) Society S allows inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, although everyone benefits, and these inequalities are attached to jobs that are open to everyone. Thus, society S is just.No mention of basic liberties. cant say society S is just

(D) Society S distributes income and wealth to everyone equally, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the right to basic liberties. Thus, society S is not just.Correct that society is not just

(E) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, and although there is an inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the jobs, to which these inequalities are attached, are open to all. Thus, society S is just.No mention of "are to everyone’s advantage". Cant comment
IMO D

.we need everyone, not most. (B) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. Thus, society S is not just. Inequalities in distribution of income and wealth can not be tolerated if unless 3)inequalities are to everyone’s advantage 4)jobs open to everyone. But nothing is mentioned about these inequalities. Hence it is a wrong choice. (C) Society S allows inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, although everyone benefits, and these inequalities are attached to jobs that are open to everyone. Thus, society S is just. We can't tell a society is just unless There is mention of both basic liberties and inequalities.So incorrect. (D) Society S distributes income and wealth to everyone equally, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the right to basic liberties. Thus, society S is not just. Each person must have an equal right to basic liberties,So the society is not just. (E) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, and although there is an inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the jobs, to which these inequalities are attached, are open to all. Thus, society S is just. There is nothing discussed about advantage of 'inequality in the distribution of income and wealth'. So we can not confirm. D is our answer.

exc4libur · Answer

argument
= soc is just when:
= (1) all equal rights
= (2) all not tolerate inequalities of income
= (2) unless, everyone gains from inequalities
= (2) and jobs are open to everyone

Ans (D) inequalities are not tolerated, however, not everyone has equal rights.

pabpinor · Answer

Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person has an equal right to basic liberties, and second, inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth are not tolerated unless these inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and are attached to jobs open to everyone.

So we have that a society is just if there are no inequalities at some fields, and can be other in other fields only if there are advantageous and with equal access.
The question is about which judgement follows better those principles.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle described above?

(A) Society S guarantees everyone equal right to basic liberties, while allowing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth that are to the advantage of everyone. Further, the jobs to which these inequalities are attached are open to  most  people. Thus, society S is just.  This argument would be perfect if most was all instead, because of it collides with our premises but follows most of them.

(B) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. Thus, society S is not just.  This one goes against our premises, we do not have details to determine if the inequalities on distribution of income may fit our "justice" model, so is not fair to call it unjust.

(C) Society S allows inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, although everyone benefits, and these inequalities are attached to jobs that are open to everyone. Thus, society S is just.  This lacks the premise on basic liberties, so cannot be determined to be just.

(D) Society S distributes income and wealth to everyone equally, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the right to basic liberties. Thus, society S is not just.  Our premises correlate with the sentence in that inequalities on basic liberties are characteristics of unjust societies, so this is completely aligned with our goal. We got the proper answer.

(E) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, and although there is an inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the jobs, to which these inequalities are attached, are open to all. Thus, society S is just.  This follows all our premises but the necessity of income inequalities to be in everyone's advantage, so cannot be

So the right one would be C.

Regards,
Pablo

globaldesi · Answer

Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person has an equal right to basic liberties, and second, inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth are not tolerated unless these inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and are attached to jobs open to everyone.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle described above?

(A) Society S guarantees everyone equal right to basic liberties, while allowing inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth that are to the advantage of everyone. Further, the jobs to which these inequalities are attached are open to  most people . Thus, society S is just. Most rather than everyone. Incorrect

(B) Society S gives  everyone an equal right to basic liberties, but at the expense  of creating inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. Thus, society S is not just.  Co-relation in invalid

(C) Society S allows inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, although everyone benefits, and these inequalities are attached to jobs that are open to everyone. Thus, society S is just. No mention of basic liberties. cant say society S is just

(D) Society S distributes income and wealth to everyone equally, but at the expense of creating inequalities in the right to basic liberties. Thus, society S is not just. Correct that society is not just

(E) Society S gives everyone an equal right to basic liberties, and although there is an inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the jobs, to which these inequalities are attached, are open to all. Thus, society S is just. No mention of "are to everyone’s advantage". Cant comment 
IMO D

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