True or false 1. A perceived disadvantage of Rawls's social justice theory is that it does not consider the fact that people would not want to maximize benefits for the least advantaged persons

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True or false

 

1. A perceived disadvantage of Rawls's social justice theory is that it does

not consider the fact that people would not want to maximize benefits for

the least advantaged persons

 

 

2. Ethical relativism is a moral theory which holds that individuals must

decide what is ethical based on their own feelings about what is right and

wrong.

 

3. Utilitarianism is a moral theory that chooses the greatest good to

society but does not mean the greatest good for the greatest number of

people.

 

4. According to Rawls's “social justice” theory, a person who is in a state of

"veil of ignorance" is best fit to select the fairest possible ethical principles.

 

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