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. Which of these contexts might require the use of more than one material principle of justice?

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. An important exponent of the utilitarian theory of justice is:

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. Communitarian theories of justice emphasize:

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. Twenty-first-century innovations in theories of justice are best construed as responses to and developments of:

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. Arguments for a right to government-funded health care include all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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. Allocation decisions involve all of the following EXCEPT:

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. Procedural rules for rationing scarce resources determine a qualifying pool of recipients by taking into account considerations that do NOT include:

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. A trade-off between efficiency and equality results when global justice demands:

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. The maxim articulating the material principle of an egalitarian theory of justice is:

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. Which of the following applies to NEITHER the capabilities listed in the capabilities theory of justice NOR the dimensions in the well-being theory?

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. Justice has to do with fair access to benefits rather than protection from exploitation.

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. That equals must be treated equally and unequals must be treated unequally is a formal requirement of justice.

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. Every major communitarian thinker has contested the thesis of the priority of individual rights over the common good.

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. Utilitarian theories of justice typically recognize a positive societal obligation to reduce or eliminate barriers that prevent fair equality of opportunity, an obligation that extends to programs to correct or compensate for disadvantages.

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. A capabilities theory of justice focuses on putting persons in circumstances or conditions in which they are enabled to set their own goals and live as they choose.

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. The fair-opportunity rule asserts that persons with functional disabilities receive benefits that will ameliorate the unfortunate effects of life's lottery.

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. In health care allocation decisions, the two primary principles most often in conflict are justice and utility.

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. The moral concept of _______ has to do with fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons.

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. That essential social resources, including health care, should be distributed according to need is an example of a _______ principle of justice.

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. Although the ________ material principle of justice faces serious challenges as a general theory of justice, it can help form just health policies in publicly supported institutions, especially when the policies are formulated using cost–benefit or risk–benefit analysis.

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. No prominent ________ theory has contained a distributive principle that requires equal sharing of all social benefits to all persons. The dominant theories of this type are qualified ones that identify basic equalities while permitting some inequalities.

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. According to this theory of justice, each of ten ________ is essential for a human life to not be impoverished below the level of the dignity of a person, and each is the basis of a human right or entitlement.

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. Undue ________ is a distributive injustice of too small a payment to research subjects in relation to the financial gains of a company benefiting from the research.

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. In the delivery of health care, ________ is a process of developing and using criteria for prioritization in order to use available medical resources as effectively and as efficiently as possible.

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