Chapter 10 Self-test questions

. Which of the following apparent correlatives contradicts Hohfeld's scheme of 'jural relations'?

Right and duty.

Privilege and no-right.

Power and liability.

Immunity and disability.

. The will theory of rights maintains that the enforcement of Y's duty requires the exercise of will by X. It assumes the correlativity of rights and duties. Which of the following succeeds in formulating the interest theory without this correlativity?

Regarding X's interest as directly related to Y's duty.

Accepting that conferring right means that the interest represented by that right ought to be recognized.

Treating an interest as the exercise of choice.

Asserting that X has a right whenever the protection of his interest is recognized as a reason for imposing duties -only when they are actually imposed.

. Which of the following is the strongest argument against ethical relativism's hostility to human rights?

Utilitarianism

Communitarianism.

Cognitivism.

Positivism.

. Which statement best describes Tom Regan's 'sentimental anthropomorphicism' in support of animals rights?

Animals have inherent worth which entitles them to the absolute right to live their lives with respect and autonomy.

The social contract includes animals and their welfare.

The suffering of a few animals may in principle be justified by the pleasure of or benefit to the many.

Cruelty to animals is a reflection of the barbarity of a society.

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