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TRUE or FALSE: Based on the scale that rates the power of annual earthquakes, lesser powerful earthquake events occur at much greater numbers than greater events.

Rawls argues one cannot trade basic liberties for any amount of social and economic gains.

What is the order of Rawls’ principles of justice in terms of their priority (e.g. how does he rank them)?  

Rawls argues that to say that a society is set up to be just according to his theory, you will need to calculate every single individual action and transaction between people. 

The part of the second principle of justice that states that “social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are” “attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity” is known as ___________.

Show only the final result. You have borrowed $10,000 at an interest rate of 10% compounded annually.  Equal payments will be made over a three-year period with each payment made at the end of the corresponding year.  What is the amount of the annual payment?  Present your final answer in whole cents (or two digits after the decimal point).

Is the following statement true or false? “Compound interest charges an interest rate to an initial sum and to any previously accumulated interest that has not been withdrawn.”

Show your intermediate steps. Use interpolation method to determine the interest rate that makes the following two options equivalent. Use three significant digits (or two digits after the decimal point) in your final answer.Option 1: Receive $100 at the end of each year for 20 years.Option 2: Receive $30,000 at the end of the 20th year.

Is the following statement true or false? “The first transaction (i.e., inflow or outflow) in a linear gradient happens at the end of the first interest period.”

Explain Nozick’s argument in Anarchy, State, and Utopia that “liberty upsets patterns.” What does he mean by this, and why are patterned theories problematic? What is his alternative to patterned theories of justice? Outline his competing theory in detail (e.g. name, main principles, etc.).    Do not discuss portions of the text outside of assigned readings, although you may discuss Rawls’ work during the course of your answer. You may use your books and notes, but no other outside resources or assistance.