Empowerment is the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.
A) True
B) False
What would those seeking to create a just society do under what Rawls called a maximin strategy?
A) Seek to maximize the well-being of those who are least well off
B) Seek to maximize the number of citizens who are wealthy
C) Strive to determine a fair social minimum
D) Seek equal distribution of all resources
Promoting empowerment means believing that people are capable of making their own choices and decisions.
A) True
B) False
How did Rawls apply the metaphor of a Veil of Ignorance?
A) To describe Americans' lack of understanding of the poor
B) To help people view justice issues without taking their own circumstances into account
C) To examine the hypothetical consequences of allocation rules
D) To both help people view justice issues without taking their own circumstancesinto account and to examine the hypothetical consequences of allocation rules
Macro level skills have a basis both in mezzo and in micro skills.
A) True
B) False
The post-apartheid government of South Africa established the world's first Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC is seen as
A) a vehicle to apply principles of restorative justice.
B) a model for other countries to emulate.
C) a tool to repair harm and restore social bonds.
D) all of these.
To a great extent micro skills are based on macro skills.
A) True
B) False
The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been called
A) a letter to Santa Claus.
B) an international Magna Carta of all men everywhere.
C) both a letter to Santa Claus and an international Magna Carta of all men everywhere.
D) none of these.
An ethical dilemma is a problematic situation where ethical standards are in conflict.
A) True
B) False
Members of the United Nations General Assembly were inspired to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because of
A) World War I.
B) the Holocaust.
C) the Industrial Revolution.
D) World War II.
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