A Progressive Tax

question 119

Multiple Choice

A progressive tax:

• A)takes the same percentage from all taxpayers, regardless of income.
• B)requires those with low incomes to pay a smaller percentage of their income than high-income people.
• C)is levied such that low-income taxpayers pay a greater proportion of their income than high-income taxpayers.
• D)taxes everyone the same amount, regardless of income.

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Definitions:

Autonomous Morality

The stage of development where individuals follow internal moral principles, rather than obeying external rules and authority.

Heteronomous Morality

A stage in moral development where children base their moral judgments on the dictates of authority figures.

Moral Realism

is the philosophical viewpoint that moral truths exist independently of human knowledge or perception, and that these truths are objective.

Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop the ability to differentiate right from wrong and to adopt ethical behavior.