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MCQs on contemporary debates and controversies regarding global justice. Topics include: human rights theory, the moral significance of national and cultural boundaries, the currency of distributive justice, global inequality and poverty, environmental devastation, and violence against women and children.

POLSC402 Final Exam Global Justice

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1. Why is early marriage a concern from a global justice perspective?

The practice of early marriage violates children's human rights, and due to the interplay between early marriage and education, it has profound ramifications for the individuals' and societies' socio-economic well-being.The practice of early marriage obfuscates the objectives of global justice, because it compromises familial decision-making structures.Global justice cannot be achieved as long as individuals are not free to enter into marriages through their consent as this undermines their capacity for global citizenship.The practice of early marriage is pervasive in all parts of the world; therefore, it represents a challenge for the international community as a whole.

2. Which of the following statements best captures the apparent tensions between individual and collective human rights?

The possibility of a specific collective right violating an individual's right calls into question the merit of collective human rights.Collective human rights serve no distinct purpose in the human rights discourse, because individual human rights ensure that the human rights of individual group members are guaranteed.The tensions between individual and collective human rights only exist with respect to human rights of indigenous peoples and indigenous individuals.When a specific human right applies to both a group and an individual, it is difficult for the state to promote and protect that human right.

3. Which of the following statements best captures the relationship between resource scarcity and global justice?

Resource scarcity contributes to global justice, because it obligates an equal sharing of available resource for the mutual benefit of all states and peoples.Resource scarcity arises from the interplay of natural facts and human actions, and resource scarcity challenges decision-makers to pursue policies that meet the basic needs of all regardless of social, political, or economic boundaries.Resource scarcity inevitably results in the prioritization of human rights; therefore it undermines global justice.Resource scarcity is the reason why global justice is an unattainable objective.

4. Which of the following constraints conceptually and simultaneously undermine as well as support the objectives of global distributive justice?

National borders and citizenshipSubsistence needs and state sovereigntyInternational law and the UNSpatial distance between perpetrator and victim of injustice and lack of international enforcement mechanism

5. Which of the following statements best describes the apparent link between luck egalitarianism and age?

According to luck egalitarianism, children are inherently 'lucky' as others typically prioritize meeting their needs.By virtue of their age, children are disadvantaged in many situations through no fault of their own, which is considered unfair by luck egalitarianism.Luck egalitarianism contends that the very young and the elderly should not be considered in the overall pursuit of global justice as local communities are better suited to ensure their needs.Luck egalitarianism holds that age, along with additional criteria such as race and education level, is an essential element for determining the allocation of resources.

6. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the relationship between human rights litigation and justice?

While litigation is a valid approach to obtaining justice for victims of human rights abuse, litigation tends only to be successful when the number of interested parties is limited.While litigation is a valid approach to obtaining justice for victims of human rights abuse, the process of seeking justice through the legal system is complex and complicated by questions of representation and interests of external actors.International human rights law discourages litigation as a form of redress for human rights grievances.Litigation is a valid and straightforward approach to obtaining justice for victims of human rights abuse; both domestic and international courts are amenable to human rights cases and tend to rule in favor of the victims.

7. Which of the following DOES NOT represent an objection to the equitable redistribution of natural resources on a global scale?

A redistribution of natural resources undermines the living standard of affluent societies.Natural resources are valued differently, making it impossible to determine equal shares.Polities make use of natural resources in different ways, making it impossible to maintain resource equality over time.There is no worldwide agreement on what constitutes a natural resource.

8. Which of the following may contribute to global justice through the alleviation of poverty?

Fair trade practices and agreementsBed nets for the prevention of malariaBudget increase of the United Nations Development ProgrammeElimination of income tax in all countries

9. Which of the following theories is most closely aligned with a universalist's understanding of human rights?

Self-DeterminationNationalismCosmopolitanismPatriotism

10. Which of the following statements most aptly summarizes divergent views on responsibility for world poverty?

Divergent views on responsibility for world poverty result from a fundamentally different understanding of historical dynamics that shaped the current global order.Some contend that responsibility for world poverty rests primarily with the affluent and the global economic structures perpetuated by them, while others maintain that poverty is a domestic human rights violation that may or may not have been shaped by global dynamics.Some argue that world poverty constitutes a human rights violation on the part of the industrialized states, while others argue that world poverty is solely a consequence of poor policy planning and implementation within individual states.Responsibility for world poverty is placed with multinational corporations who engage in the ruthless exploitation of workers in far-flung places or, alternatively, is placed with global economic structures that inherently disadvantage developing states.

11. Which of the following is a strong viewpoint that expresses opposition to the notion of global justice?

The notion of global justice is grounded in the indignation of the non-western world against the global economic order and fails to draw universal support.The notion of global justice, hampered by the lack of universally accepted norms and practices, distracts from the pursuit of domestic justice and thereby undermines justice.Acknowledging the value of global justice implies moral and legal responsibility for wrong-doing, which no actor is willing to concede.Global justice essentially depends on a social contract involving the entire world population to distribute resource equitably, which is unfeasible.

12. Which of the following best summarizes the implication of the tension between rights and power for global justice?

States frequently leverage their power to force other states into compliance with international human rights law, which is valuable for global justice.Dominant states, in pursuing strategic interests, consistently violate human rights through the unfettered use of force.While states are committed to pursuing a human rights agenda, they find themselves in a quandary over the expectation to reduce military power capabilities for the pursuit of global justice.The current geopolitical approach of dominant states to leverage their power for strategic interest at the expense of the guiding strength of human rights results in the relegation of global justice goals.

13. Which of the following statements describes one challenge associated with reintegrating child soldiers into society?

Most child soldiers have no interest in becoming members of local communities upon the end of violent hostilities.The universalist's position of viewing child soldiers as victims at times clashes with the local community's perspective when the local community seeks accountability for the child soldiers' actions during the armed conflict.Reintegration programs are too rigid in their design and cannot be adapted to local needs.The relativist perspective of recognizing the potential for child agency and responsibility undermines the local communities' willingness to reconcile with and assist the children.

14. Complete the following statement.As currently understood, protected and promoted in the global context, human rights:

are derived solely from the practices and norms of the 'non-western' majority of the world.are valued for their inherently 'western' orientation.have evolved to reflect the increasing diversity of global decision-makers and the peoples they represent.have resolved the tensions between 'western' and 'non-western' conceptualizations of human rights.

15. Complete the following statement.The forces of globalization:

allow global decision-makers to impose global norms on local communities.simultaneously perpetuate global injustices and present unique opportunities to address such injustices in meaningful ways.undermine all efforts to address global injustices.are responsible for the existence of global justice.

16. Which of the following scenarios best encapsulates the tension between individuals' and collectives' claims for justice?

The language of instruction in a polity's schools violates the cultural rights of a number of minority language speakers.The policy of providing material and financial aid to victims of famine in country X is deemed unfair to the unemployed in the country providing the aid.A person's private property rights are at odds with a community's demands for a clean environment.The public health policy of a polity to quarantine violates the right to freedom of movement of individuals who have contracted a highly contagious disease.

17. Which of the following scenarios best depicts the potential clash between the right to property and the use thereof, an individual human right, and the human need for food?

A farmer grows genetically modified corn for greater yields.A store owner refuses to stock canned vegetables.A drought severely reduces the harvest.A farmer grows corn for ethanol for greater profits.

18. Which of the following DOES NOT support the argument that the world's affluent are obligated to aid the world's poor?

The affluent have benefitted from colonial exploitation, which has created the economic system and uneven power structures that remain in place today.The moral responsibility to provide relief for the global poor is strengthened by the lack of geographic proximity between the world's affluent and poor.The consumerism of the affluent directly contributes to resource depletion and its environmental consequences, which is a factor in sustaining poverty.The global poor have a moral claim to justice against the affluent, because the affluent benefit from the global economic system.

19. Which of the following statements best represents one basis for some scholars' cautionary stance on patriotism?

Patriotism does not allow for a conceptualization of global justice due to its inward-looking orientation.Patriotism instills a sense of superiority that is valuable for the pursuit of justice on the national level.Patriotism potentially undermines the goals of global justice, because its emphasis on national identity and pride may lead to a subversion of moral ideals such as justice and equality.Patriotism is a narrow-minded orientation to identity that encourages emphasis on matters of national well-being to the exclusion of global concerns.

20. What is the significance of global rectificatory justice for the pursuit of global justice?

Global rectificatory justice allows states to make reparation payments to victims in exchange for criminal prosecution.Global rectificatory justice connotes the reconciliation between former colonizing states and colonized states.Global rectificatory justice is another term for global distributive justice, which emphasizes the redistribution of resources to address global inequalities.Global rectificatory justice, grounded in the historical injustices of colonialism, complements global distributive justice in that it provides an additional set of motivations for the redistribution of resources and offers further means for rectification.

21. According to Immanuel Kant, which of the following is NOT a necessary step that states need to undertake to guarantee perpetual peace?

Universal hospitality is one requirement for perpetual peace to take hold.Perpetual peace emerges, in part, when states participate in a union of states.Perpetual peace is dependent upon states being ruled through a republican civil constitution.Perpetual peace depends upon a just redistribution of financial and material resources among all states.

22. Which of the following best describes the relationship between individual rights and the protection of minority groups?

An exclusive emphasis on individual rights fails to adequately protect minorities' claims to justice.By definition, human rights accrue to the individual; by promoting and protecting human rights, the rights of minority groups are simultaneously protected as these groups are made up of individuals.The protection and promotion of minority group rights inherently violates the human rights of individuals.Individual rights protect all individuals, which by extension provides indirect protection to minority groups.

23. What is the link between e-waste and global justice?

E-waste highlights the consumerism in the western world.Shipments of e-waste to developing countries place concrete environmental and human rights burdens onto local communities and underscore global spatial inequalities.Efforts to regulate e-waste, such as those by the Basel Action Network, demonstrate the ease with which the international community can work towards global justice.Shipments of e-waste to developing countries further the goals of global justice as they provide jobs and resources to local communities.

24. Complete the following statement.International human rights law clearly prohibits slavery:

but there continues to be disagreement with respect to the definition of slavery.but the international community has yet to provide strong enforcement mechanisms to ensure that slavery stops.but most countries' national laws fail to include provisions against slavery.but little attention is given to slaveholders, because the problem is seen as peripheral to global justice.

25. Complete the following sentence.The drafting and adoption process of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:

demonstrates that competing claims to rights claimed by groups, in this case states and indigenous peoples, can be reconciled to mutual satisfaction.encapsulates the tensions between states' claim to territorial integrity under state sovereignty and indigenous peoples' claim to cultural and political self-determination.validates the inherent claims for collective self-determination espoused by indigenous peoples.undermines the international human rights community's advocacy for civil and political rights.

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