End of course Xmas Do Yourself Justice Quiz

Question 1

A libertarian argument for fashion production in a capitalist system is:

Accepted Answer

Consumers and workers get cheaper products and better wages than otherwise

Question 2

Having to drink drive to control a car you fell asleep in, or cutting rope to a dangling partner in a climbing accident.

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Defence of necessity is allowed in English law

Question 3

What is the name given to the elected chief prosecutor for a Florida city?

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State Attorney

Question 4

In which country was the Rana Plaza factory collapse disaster in 2013

Accepted Answer

Bangladesh

Question 5

Which model of ethics stresses freedom, free-will and moral autonomy as the highest good?

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Libertarianism

Question 6

What is the maximum prison sentence you can give to a child in Florida?

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40 years

Question 7

Where is voting compulsory?

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Australia

Question 8

Daisy and Maisy were stuck in a pot-holing scenario with

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Vicky

Question 9

Offering to 'cure' or 'reduce' same sex attraction is to provide an 'exploitative' treatment for which there is no

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illness

Question 10

'One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds' Who said it?

Accepted Answer

Mahatma Ghandi

Question 11

What is the name for the banned practice of directing different races to buy property in different city districts?

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Racial Steering

Question 12

Incentives differ from bribes because they

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enforce moral responsibility

Question 13

'Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and family.' Who says?

Accepted Answer

UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948)

Question 14

Which utilitarian philosopher's 'pauper management plan' involved housing the blind next to the ugly?

Accepted Answer

Jeremy Bentham

Question 15

Which of these crimes is never excused by duress?

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Murder

Question 16

What incident was the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster: a man fear-frozen on a ladder thrown off to save others?

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Sinking ferry

Question 17

When person A forces person B to do something by threatening person C, person B is excused by what?

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Duress

Question 18

Somnambulism is a defence within the law of automatism. What is it?

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Sleep-walking

Question 19

Which Russian anarchist philosopher said 'cooperation is the law of civilization'?

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Kropotkin

Question 20

Giving racial ‘preference’ in dating can just be a more …… form of racism according to some academics.

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covert

Question 21

Samira Ahmed was paid what % of Jeremy Vine's salary for presenting Newswatch?

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14%

Question 22

Congressman John Lewis: 'Democracy is not a state, but an...'?

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act

Question 23

Approximately how many litres of water to make a pair of jeans?

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10,000

Question 24

Why is harvesting the organs of a healthy person to save 5 others not allowed according to Kant?

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People shouldn't be 'used'

Question 25

What were the casualities?

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1100 killed and 2500 injured

Question 26

In which countries is 'gay conversion' therapy for minors banned?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 27

What did Air New Zealand pay people NZ$777 as a promotional strategy?

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Tattoo a slogan on their head

Question 28

More African-American men in correctional control - in prison or jail, on probation or parole - than were slaves in 1850

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True

Question 29

What was the maximum you could earn under the NHS 'Weight wins' pilot?

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£425

Question 30

Which philosopher's ethics is centred on virtue, rather than duties/right or welfare

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Aristotle

Question 31

What proportion of African-American men have some sort of criminal record in Chicago?

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80%

Question 32

What central Asian 'sea' has disappeared due to over-production of cotton and water depletion

Accepted Answer

Aral Sea

End of course Xmas Do Yourself Justice Quiz

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End of course Xmas Do Yourself Justice Quiz

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