John Rawls's Suggestion That Policy Should Be Directed at Maximising

question 37

Multiple Choice

John Rawls's suggestion that policy should be directed at maximising the welfare of the least well off person in society is derived from

• A) the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that as long as there is no theft then there is no need for governments to intervene and redistribute income.
• B) the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that people will then be particularly concerned about the possibility that they might find themselves at the bottom of the income distribution.
• C) the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and that the ignorant people should be looked after.
• D) the idea that everyone in society should have an equal income.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or end.

Recall

The cognitive process of retrieving information from memory without the presence of the original stimulus, often tested in memory and learning experiments.

First Items

The initial elements in a series or list, often given special attention due to their primacy position.

Anterograde Amnesia

An inability to form new memories.