Question 1

Invironmental problems are rarely evenly distributed across a society. Why is this the case?

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A)   The sociohistorical process of inequality
B)   A combination of social power and the acceptance of utilitarian arguments
C)   Corporations organize themselves in order to shield themselves from blame
D)   Discrete events-environmental catastrophes, health scares, and natural disasters

Question 2

In the United States, 8 out of 10 consumers use organic products with their children's' health in min?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) 
-____ Justice as fairness

Accepted Answer

A)   Body burden
B)   Invironment
C)   Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows
D)   Organic food
E)   Measure of economic utilitarianismF)  John RawlsG)  Amartya SenH)  Ronald DworkinI)  Human Development Index (HDI) J)  Bhopal, India

Question 4

What does the HDI (Human Development Index)  measure?

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A)   The gross national and gross domestic products
B)   Physiological growth rates of impoverished children
C)   The extent of human misery that results from poverty and environmental problems
D)   Quality of life indicators such as literacy, life expectancy, standard of living and purchasing power

Question 5

Empirical studies of environmental justice rarely find evidence of inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

It is well known by now that industrial production usually entails pollution of some sort, and often hazardous production practices. And yet this production continues. On what basis are these practices usually defended? What are some of the counter-arguments?

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Question 7

John Rawls suggests that there are circumstances in which inequality is just or what he terms "fair." What is Rawls' argument for this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Inequality is fair, as long as it is for everyone's advantage (for example, the authority of parents over their children) .
B)   Inequality is fair when certain people agree to take the brunt of the environmental bad on behalf of the good.
C)   Inequality is fair when leadership has been democratically elected.
D)   All of the above.

Question 8

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) 
-____ Body interaction with environment

Accepted Answer

A)   Body burden
B)   Invironment
C)   Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows
D)   Organic food
E)   Measure of economic utilitarianismF)  John RawlsG)  Amartya SenH)  Ronald DworkinI)  Human Development Index (HDI) J)  Bhopal, India

Question 9

Why use the term invironment instead of environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   Environment is the broader category; the invironment is the zone of the body's interactions with the environment.
B)   Invironment extends beyond you and me; environment is immediate.
C)   Environment is the natural world, invironment is the built landscape.
D)   Invironment is the domestic sphere, environment includes public health.

Question 10

As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of:

Accepted Answer

A)   alcohol abuse.
B)   cocaine addiction.
C)   hyperactivity.
D)   none of the above.

Question 11

The philosopher John Rawls argued that injustice is wheninequalities are not arranged to the benefit of everyone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) 
-____ Methyl mercury poisoning

Accepted Answer

A)   Body burden
B)   Invironment
C)   Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows
D)   Organic food
E)   Measure of economic utilitarianismF)  John RawlsG)  Amartya SenH)  Ronald DworkinI)  Human Development Index (HDI) J)  Bhopal, India

Question 13

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) 
-____ Positional good

Accepted Answer

A)   Body burden
B)   Invironment
C)   Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows
D)   Organic food
E)   Measure of economic utilitarianismF)  John RawlsG)  Amartya SenH)  Ronald DworkinI)  Human Development Index (HDI) J)  Bhopal, India

Question 14

The author states that "the tragedy of Bhopal was a social tragedy as much as anything else." What does he mean?

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The answer of The author states that "the tragedy of...

Question 15

The World Health Organization has banned all dangerous pesticides and the ones that are used today are not at all dangerous to human health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The text cites the case of the explosion of the AZF fertilizer factory in Toulouse, France which damaged 27,000 homes to make which theoretical point?

Accepted Answer

A)   In the words of environmental sociologist David Pellow, that environmental inequality is a "sociohistorical process" rather than simply a "discrete event."
B)   To raise the frequently posed question: did the plant target the area where the disadvantaged live, or did the disadvantaged move in after it was built?
C)   That corporate culpability is hard to trace.
D)   All of the above.

Question 17

What does Dworkin suggest?

Accepted Answer

A)   Utilitarianism is the most just route for solving environmental challenges.
B)   Equality of concern, concern for ourselves and others, is necessary.
C)   Environmental justice is provided by the invisible hand.
D)   Individuals pursuing their best interests protect the environment.

Question 18

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) 
-____ Functionings and capabilities

Accepted Answer

A)   Body burden
B)   Invironment
C)   Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows
D)   Organic food
E)   Measure of economic utilitarianismF)  John RawlsG)  Amartya SenH)  Ronald DworkinI)  Human Development Index (HDI) J)  Bhopal, India

Question 19

What term is not associated with Amartya Sen's theory of justice?

Accepted Answer

A)   Functionings
B)   Capabilities
C)   Pluralism
D)   Utilitarianism

Question 20

Explain what the author means when he describes "isodemocracy" as a democracy founded on equalities in both political and material standing. Why is material equality important to democracy?

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Exam 6: Body and Justice

What does the HDI (Human Development Index) measure?

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Invironmental problems are rarely evenly distributed across a society. Why is this the case?

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The World Health Organization has banned all dangerous pesticides and the ones that are used today are not at all dangerous to human health.

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John Rawls suggests that there are circumstances in which inequality is just or what he terms "fair." What is Rawls' argument for this?

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Why use the term invironment instead of environment?

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The author states that "the tragedy of Bhopal was a social tragedy as much as anything else." What does he mean?

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) -____ Functionings and capabilities

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What does Dworkin suggest?

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As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of:

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) -____ Methyl mercury poisoning

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Explain what the author means when he describes "isodemocracy" as a democracy founded on equalities in both political and material standing. Why is material equality important to democracy?

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It is well known by now that industrial production usually entails pollution of some sort, and often hazardous production practices. And yet this production continues. On what basis are these practices usually defended? What are some of the counter-arguments?

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In the United States, 8 out of 10 consumers use organic products with their children's' health in min?

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Empirical studies of environmental justice rarely find evidence of inequality.

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What term is not associated with Amartya Sen's theory of justice?

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) -____ Positional good

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The philosopher John Rawls argued that injustice is wheninequalities are not arranged to the benefit of everyone.

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) -____ Body interaction with environment

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use answers more than once.) -____ Justice as fairness

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The text cites the case of the explosion of the AZF fertilizer factory in Toulouse, France which damaged 27,000 homes to make which theoretical point?

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