Unit 8: Optional theme — Social philosophy
Topic 8.2: Equality and discrimination Questions
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True or false? 'Equality' here means every person is identical in talents and traits.
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Civil disobedience, as King describes it, is:
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'Structural injustice' about race is the idea that unfairness is mainly:
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True or false? Mills' 'Racial Contract' was a real document that people openly signed.
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Mills' 'Racial Contract' refers to:
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True or false? Civil disobedience means secretly breaking laws and avoiding any punishment.
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How can racial inequality persist after racist laws are repealed?
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Popper's 'paradox of tolerance' says that:
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For Rawls, civil disobedience works mainly by:
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Fill the gap: for Rawls, civil disobedience works by appealing to the sense of ______ a society already claims to hold.
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Fill the gap: harm built into a society's rules and systems, with no single person to blame, is called ______ violence.
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In social philosophy, 'equality' is best understood as:
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A 'marginalized' group is one that is:
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Which slogan best captures 'tolerance isn't enough'?
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Who put forward the idea of the 'Racial Contract'?
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To 'tolerate' something, in the sense used here, means to:
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Structural violence differs from personal harm because it is:
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Who named the idea of 'structural violence'?
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Why doesn't 'I never discriminated against anyone' settle the issue of structural violence?
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True or false? To 'tolerate' a group is to approve of and celebrate how they live.
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