"Human Rights and Global Wrongs" Self-Quiz

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. According to Pogge, most people think citizens of wealthy countries should help the poor out of a demand of

equality. correct incorrect

charity. correct incorrect

justice. correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect

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. According to Pogge, it is a common but mistaken assumption that

human rights entail both negative and positive duties. correct incorrect

human rights entail only positive duties. correct incorrect

human rights entail only negative duties. correct incorrect

humans do not have rights. correct incorrect

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. Pogge endorses the claim that human rights impose __________ duties toward foreigners.

only positive correct incorrect

only negative correct incorrect

both positive and negative correct incorrect

neither positive nor negative correct incorrect

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. According to Pogge, many current practices supported by wealthy countries work to enforce

and increase poverty in poorer ones. He thinks, following from this fact, that wealthy countries have a duty to relieve the poverty correct incorrect

they are currently causing. correct incorrect

they caused in the past. correct incorrect

imposed by other countries, whether those countries are wealthy or not. correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. Pogge argues that if we reject the existence of positive duties to promote human rights

the notion of human rights becomes incoherent. correct incorrect

the notion of duty becomes incoherent. correct incorrect

wealthy countries no longer have duties to help poor countries. correct incorrect

wealthy countries still have duties to help poor countries. correct incorrect