Concept of Rights: Conventional Theories of Rights: one-liners notes

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• The Concept of rights is a dynamic concept. • Negative and Positive Right:  • Negative Rights: these rights suggest the sphere where the state is not permitted to enter. • Freedom of thought and expression implies that the state shall not impose any restriction on individual's thought and expression, it will be described as there negative rights. • Positive Rights: prescribe the responsibility of the state in securing rights of individuals. • The state shall provide universal education to promote its citizens' faculty of thoughts and expression, it will be described as their positive rights. • Conventional Theories of Rights:  • (a) Theory of natural rights • (b) Theory of moral rights • (c) Theory of legal rights  • (d) Historical theory of rights and  • (e) Social-welfare theory of rights • Theory of Natural Rights: • Theory of natural rights represents an early expression of the liberal perspective on rights.  • It was very popular in 17th and 19th centuries political thou
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Expected questions on justice : Part-1

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            Expected questions on Justice


1. The world  justice  has been derived  from 'justitia' which belong to language- 

Ans: Latin 

2. In his philosophy Plato has associated justice with- 

Ans: Functions 

3 . Which one of the following is not an attribute of justice? 

Ans: It means maintenance of discrimination 

4. Which one of the following is not an  attribute of justice? 

Ans: It means  equality before law 

5. It the primitive societies  justice was based on- 

Ans: Tit  for tat 

6 . Plato's  concept  of justice was based on- 

Ans: Ethical and philosophical considerations 

7 . Which is not true about Plato's concept  of justice? 

Ans: He stressed only on inward aspect of human personality  

8 . Which one of the following is true about Aristotle's views about justice? 

Ans: It consisted in observing rules of equality

9. What is justice according to Plato? 

Ans: Right of every  citizen to do  what he  qualified  

10. 10 . Which one of the following is true about modern states for giving justice to the people ?

Ans: The state maintains  courts of law 

11 . Which one of the following is true about modern state to ensure that people got justice ?

Ans: It ensures  impartiality  of judiciary  

12 . St. Augustine believed that justice could be possible only when- 

Ans: State did not interfere  in religion 

13 . Political justice is obtainable when the people have- 

Ans: Freedom to cast vote  in  the way they like 

14. Karl Marx's name is associated with- 

Ans: Economic  aspect of justice 

15. During revolutionary period about justice stress was laid on- 

Ans: Human aspect 

16. Who of the following stressed that justice laid in giving maximum happiness to maximum number of people? 

Ans: Bentham 

17. Which one of the following is not true about Marxian concept of justice? 

Ans: The poor could possibly  get  justice in capitalist state 

18 . Which one of the following is not true about legal aspect of justice? 

Ans: Each  individual  is not entitled to protection before  law 

19. Who of the following is not associated with analytical school about justice? 

Ans: Marx 

20 . Fair and free participation in elections is associated with- 

Ans: Political  justice 

21 . In our  modern society it  is believed that justice and liberty are- 

Ans: Complementary to each other 

22.  The chances  of getting justice are available in- 

Ans: Democratic system  of Government

23 . Maximum stress about economic aspect of justice has been laid by: 

Ans: Socialists 

24. In our modern times it is believed that justice is- 

Ans: Closely linked with liberty 

25. Who of the following has tried to establish a close link between justice and liberty? 

Ans: Liberals 

26 . The term 'justice' has been drawn from the Latin term- 

Ans: Jus 

27. Justice is essentially a- 

Ans: Complex concept  combining  all the above and other concepts 

28. The concept of justice is applicable only to- 

Ans: Dealings  with human beings 

29. Justice means that- 

Ans: There can  be discrimination on just grounds 

30. Which one of the following thinkers interpreted justice as allotment of functions to person in accordance with his ability and training? 

Ans: Plato 

31. Which one of the following attributes of justice has been wrongly listed? 

Ans: It does not permit discrimination under  any circumstances 

32. The Concept of Justice- 

Ans: Is very old 

33 . Who of the following thinkers took justice as an ethical standard of virtue in social and public relationship? 

Ans: Aristotle 

34. The principles of liberty, equity and fraternity were let loose by- 

Ans: The French Revolution of 1789 

35 . The concept of justice in the sense of greatest happiness of the greatest number was populrised by: 

Ans: Bentham 

36 . The concept  of justice in purely  economic terms was popularised by- 

Ans: Engels 

37. According to the Mandan thinkers 

Ans: There can be no justice under the capitalist system 


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