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“The conception of justice which I want to develop may be stated in the form of two principles as follows: first, each person participating in a practice, or affected by it, has an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with a like liberty for all; and second, inequalities are arbitrary unless it is reasonable to expect that they will work out for everyone’s advantage, and provided the positions and offices to which they attach, or from which they may be gained, are open to all. These principles express justice as a complex of three ideas: liberty, equality, and reward for services contributing to the common good.” Which of the following is the author of this passage?

Mill proposes that individual liberty is to be considered inviolable except when other people are threatened with __________.

One of the most basic rights, according to Locke, is the right to own private property, and the most basic private property one can own is __________.

What is Nietzsche describing in the metaphor, “A tablet of virtues hangs over every people.”

A deontologist would argue that morality should not be based on feelings but rather __________.

The basis of the social contract according to Hobbes was __________.

Aristotle’s view of __________ means factors unknown to the agent influences his or her choices.

Hume wrote, “A single act of justice is frequently contrary to __________; and were it to stand alone, without being followed by other acts, may, in itself, be very prejudicial to society.

Soft determinism is also known as __________.

Like Bentham, __________ insists that the principle of utility cannot be proved as such, for it is the ultimate end in terms of which everything else is justified.