Nozick and the Minimal State_ Morality and Politics 71251-501
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Nozick and the Minimal State
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Questions
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Overview
This quiz tests your understanding of Nozick's argument for the state and related concepts. Questions
about Nagel's general remarks on justice are included.
Availability
The quiz is available the day after the lecture and due six days later; late submissions are accepted
through the end of the semester but penalized 10%. You have 15 minutes to complete the quiz once you
start it. No makeups.
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Question 1
Which of the following is not an example of distributive justice?
Food stamps
Free City College
Private donations
Correct!
Correct!
Public schools
Social Security
1 / 1 pts
Question 2
Nozick's conception of the state of nature is closer to that of Locke's than
Hobbes. What best captures Nozick's and Locke's conception?
Inconvenience
Correct!
Correct!
Opportunity
War
1 / 1 pts
Question 3
Nozick's entitlement theory is comprised of three main principles, namely
acquisition, transfer, and rectification. The first and second underscore our
insistence on what?
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Equality
Fairness
Freedom
Correct!
Correct!
Happiness
Independence
1 / 1 pts
Question 4
What alternative to the state does Nozick take up and ultimately reject?
Spell your one word answer correctly (do not use all caps); mistakes are not accepted.
No exceptions.
anarchy
Correct!
Correct!
orrect Answers
orrect Answers
anarchy
Anarchy
2 / 2 pts
Question 5
Nozick argues that in a state of nature, an individual may himself enforce
his rights and that groups of individuals may offer enforcement services.
What does he call such groups?
Anarchist associations
Communal groups
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Mutual protective associations
Correct!
Correct!
Vigilante groups
Volunteer brigades
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Question 6
The idea of distributive justice is about punishing wrongdoers. True or
false?
True
False
Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
Question 7
What is the point of Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain example?
To illustrate a model distribution of justice
To illustrate that choices are unpredictable
To illustrate the need for control
To illustrate the tension between liberty and equality
Correct!
Correct!
To illustrate the unfairness in pay
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Question 8
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What at a minimum constitutes the state according to Nozick?
Divine right
Monopoly of enforcement
Correct!
Correct!
Normative ethics
Property acquisition and transfer
Unanimous consent
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Question 9
Hobbes, Locke, and Nozick all utilize a hypothetical state of nature in
argument for the state. Details aside, what do they regard as inevitable in
the state of nature?
Conflict
Correct!
Correct!
Inconvenience
Luck
Property
War
3 / 3 pts
Question 10
Match the following short descriptions with the terms listed.
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Agreement for a state
Social contract
Correct!
Correct!
Life absent the state
State of nature
Correct!
Correct!
Structure of the state
Distributive justice
Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
Question 11
Which of the following mostly likely upsets distributive justice?
Smith being hired and not Jones given Smith's friendship with the hiring
manager
Correct!
Correct!
Smith being promoted and not Jones for outperforming Jones at work
Smith earning more money than Jones for Smith's invention
Smith graduating and not Jones for passing the class
Smith winning the lottery and not Jones despite both purchasing a ticket
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Question 12
Which of the following best summarizes Nozick's entitlement theory?
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Distribution of holdings in the state is just if and only if everyone the state is
entitled to what they have
Correct!
Correct!
Distribution of holdings in the state is just if and only if the state entitles
equal holdings
Distribution of holdings in the state is just if and only if the holdings are on
a first come, first serve basis
Distribution of holdings in the state is just if and only if the holdings first
acquired in the state of nature
Distribution of holdings in the state is just if and only if the state limits
holdings
Quiz Score:
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