Which of the Following Best Describes the Libertarian Social Ethics

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the libertarian social ethics theory?

• A) Libertarians stress market outcomes as the basis for distributing society's rewards.
• B) Libertarians encourage social control over all people in order to design an equitable society.
• C) Libertarians believe it is just for society to take wealth earned by some citizens and distribute it to those who did not directly earn it.
• D) The fact that some people end up with fortunes while others are poor proves only that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Provincialism

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Value Orientations

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