RELG 2650 Final Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024.

RELG 2650 Final Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024. Justice: fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons (B&C, 250) Distributive justice: fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution of benefits and burdens determined by norms that structure the terms of social cooperation (B&C, 250) Principle of Formal Equality: equals must be treated equally, unequals must be treated unequally. (Common to all theories of justice, Aristotelian origins) "Traditional" Theories of justice: Utilitarian - seeks to produce maximal balance of positive value over disvalue (Mill, Bentham) Libertarian - seeks unfettered exercise of personal liberties (Locke, Nozick) Egalitarian - seeks equal respect of persons and principles of fairness (Locke, Rawls) Communitarian - seeks common good as a balance to individual rights (Aristotle, Taylor) "Recent" Theories of justice: Capabilities—seeks a level of social justice that requires availability of certain capabilities to all persons (Sen, Nussbaum) -Life; Bodily health; Bodily integrity; Senses, imagination, & thought; Emotions; Practical reason; Affiliation; Other species; Play; Control over one's environment Well-Being—seeks a level of social justice which attains realization of well-being for all persons (Powers, Faden) -Health; Personal Security; Reason; Respect; Attachment; Self-Determination Goses: a terminally ill patient, defined as someone expected to die within 72 hours-is considered a human being in all respects. One who kills such a person, even if that person is in extreme pain and very near death, is still considered a murderer Treifah: person born with congenital defects or someone who has dealt with trauma John Paul II/vegetative states: -Persons in vegetative state are still persons and retain full human dignity -Persons in vegetative states may suffer without a feeding tube (it's hard to know) -Persons in a vegetative state may awake (it happens)