MCDB 60 Final Exam questions with
verified solutions graded A+
Legal rights - correct answer ✔✔Those which just are enshrined and protected by
the law
Moral right - correct answer ✔✔An individual right that is a claim or demand that
others have a duty to respect, based on the truth of moral reasoning and
regardless of the content of the existing law
Negative rights - correct answer ✔✔Establish a zone of liberty protection around
and individual and requires that others not impede liberty within that zone, do
not require additional duties upon third parties
Positive rights - correct answer ✔✔Rights which require the active assistance of
third parties for their fulfillment
Daniels' Thesis (ethical obligations of status quo) - correct answer ✔✔Just health
care is a requirement of just social institutions, and not an ethical requirement
incumbent upon individual choices
Daniels reasons why there are no direct individual ethical duties to secure just
outcomes (2) - correct answer ✔✔(1) individuals do not have the information or
power necessary to achieve large-scale social change (2) as long as professional
interests are opposed to private / personal obligations, a system founded on such
individual choices will be unstable
verified solutions graded A+
Legal rights - correct answer ✔✔Those which just are enshrined and protected by
the law
Moral right - correct answer ✔✔An individual right that is a claim or demand that
others have a duty to respect, based on the truth of moral reasoning and
regardless of the content of the existing law
Negative rights - correct answer ✔✔Establish a zone of liberty protection around
and individual and requires that others not impede liberty within that zone, do
not require additional duties upon third parties
Positive rights - correct answer ✔✔Rights which require the active assistance of
third parties for their fulfillment
Daniels' Thesis (ethical obligations of status quo) - correct answer ✔✔Just health
care is a requirement of just social institutions, and not an ethical requirement
incumbent upon individual choices
Daniels reasons why there are no direct individual ethical duties to secure just
outcomes (2) - correct answer ✔✔(1) individuals do not have the information or
power necessary to achieve large-scale social change (2) as long as professional
interests are opposed to private / personal obligations, a system founded on such
individual choices will be unstable
