Media Law and ethics Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Justice - ANSWER-justice is a foundation for our idea of what constitutes a successful working society Generalized Other - ANSWER-Benhabib argues Rawls theory of justice is flawed because it idealizes everyone and talks about people as if everyone were model characters with identical concerns and circumstances "the generalized other" The Concrete Other - ANSWER-Every theory must see a person as a unique person with a certain life history disposition and empowerment with needs and limitations Conservative Justice - ANSWER-assumes that everyone benefits from a stable social order, however impefect, and so it aims to preserve stability Reformative justice - ANSWER-when we focus on righting perceived social wrongs or expanding the social system to include or benefit groups that have been historically denied or marginalized justice as desert - ANSWER-justice is a matter of giving to each what each is rightly owed justice as equality - ANSWER-the belief that everyone should get the same kind/amount of stuff justice as fairness - ANSWER-making it fair law theory of justice - ANSWER-find the worst group/person in society and make them better Veil of Ignorance - ANSWER-making decisions with a blind eye to extraneous factors that could affect the decision the original position - ANSWER-hypothetical situation employed by Rawls to compare competing principles of social justice by asking which would be chosen by rational individuals were they to be situated behind a veil of ignorance that deprives them of knowledge of their fortunes in the social and natural lottery, as well as of their conception of well-being. maximum liberty - ANSWER-justice as fairness