The View That Has Proven Especially Influential on Normative Policy

question 114

Multiple Choice

The view that has proven especially influential on normative policy judgments is:

• A) John Rawls's maximin principle.
• B) utilitarianism.
• C) Robert Nozick's entitlement theory of justice.
• D) All three of these views have been very influential on normative policies in the past.

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