Gauthier believes that social contract can be based on
a.
altriusm and self-interest
b.
altriusm alone
c.
self-interest alone
d.
pity and self-interest
2 points
QUESTION 2
9. One of the underlying assumptions of the social contract is that people are profoundly a social
species.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 3
6. Rawls holds that the best way to construct a social contract is to allow people to have full information about themselves while negotiating the terms of the contract.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 4
1. According to Hobbes, the state of nature is
a.
a state of general cooperation
b.
a scientific description of the environmant
c.
a state of war of all against all
d.
none of the above
2 points
QUESTION 5
8. According to the outcome of the prisoner’s dilemma, both individuals do better if they act purely out of self-interest.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 6
5. Social contract theorists believe that the social contract is/was a historical fact.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 7
7. According to Gauthier, human beings are generally altruistic.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 8
3. Which of these is excluded from Rawls’s veil of ignorance?
a.
physical characteristics
b.
intyelligence
c.
aesthetic preferences
d.
desire to live and prosper
2 points
QUESTION 9
2. According to Rousseau, in the state of nature self-interest is kept in check by
a.
pity
b.
fear
c.
coercion
d.
love
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