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According to Aristotle, the ultimate goal of life was happiness. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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2 | |
The ancient Greeks believed that when one person accumulated wealth, this was a subtraction from the wealth of all other persons. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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3 | |
Progressive activists want to regulate corporate power so that the economic system advances human welfare. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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4 | |
Activists, by definition, are people who do not take action. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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5 | |
Radical nonsocialists share a specific theory of what is wrong and what should be done to correct the ills of society. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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6 | |
A preindustrial society in which economic, political, and cultural values are based on an agricultural experience is known as a(n) _______ society. |
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| | A) | postmodern |
| | B) | modern |
| | C) | manufacturing |
| | D) | agrarian |
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When price is determined by supply and demand without moral dimensions, this is called a(n) _____ price. |
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| | A) | usury |
| | B) | market |
| | C) | just |
| | D) | unjust |
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8 | |
The distance between how the public expects corporations to act and its perception of how they actually do act is known as a(n): |
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| | A) | confidence gap. |
| | B) | material gap. |
| | C) | idea gap. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Who is a prominent spokesperson in the U.S. for the progressive activists? |
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| | A) | Bill Gates |
| | B) | Colin Powell |
| | C) | Ralph Nader |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Which of the following is a common tactic of the progressive activists? |
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| | A) | Letter writing |
| | B) | Lobbying |
| | C) | Editorial writing |
| | D) | All of the above |
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When a group of progressive activists makes a public statement by not purchasing the products of a specific company as a protest against the way in which the company does business, this is called a(n): |
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| | A) | shareholder proposal. |
| | B) | consumer boycott. |
| | C) | harassment. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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12 | |
When a coalition of groups undertakes a broad attack on a corporation to try to force the corporation to change the way it does business, this is called a(n): |
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| | A) | consumer boycott. |
| | B) | shareholder proposal. |
| | C) | corporate campaign. |
| | D) | harassment. |
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13 | |
The idea that some people purchase expensive material possessions as a way of competing with their neighbors is known as: |
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| | A) | conspicuous consumption. |
| | B) | a shareholder proposal. |
| | C) | harassment. |
| | D) | corporate greed. |
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14 | |
The idea that the ills of capitalism cannot be reduced sufficiently by gradual reform but most be replaced is a basic premise of: |
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| | A) | socialists. |
| | B) | trade associations. |
| | C) | environmentalists. |
| | D) | the media. |
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15 | |
Critics who want to overthrow the basic principles of industrial society are called: |
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| | A) | capitalists. |
| | B) | radical nonsocialists. |
| | C) | social democrats. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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16 | |
In 1850, America was largely: |
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| | A) | rural. |
| | B) | agrarian. |
| | C) | a collection of small, local businesses. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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17 | |
A worldwide movement to limit corporate power and to reform corporate behavior is known as the: |
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| | A) | social democrats. |
| | B) | progressive activists. |
| | C) | socialists. |
| | D) | communists. |
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18 | |
In an agrarian society, which values are based on an agricultural experience? |
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| | A) | Political |
| | B) | Cultural |
| | C) | Economic |
| | D) | All of the above |
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19 | |
According to ______, happiness is the ultimate goal of life. |
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| | A) | Stalin |
| | B) | Plato |
| | C) | Aristotle |
| | D) | Marx |
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20 | |
According to Aristotle, material possessions and money were called: |
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| | A) | external goods. |
| | B) | goods of the soul. |
| | C) | the highest goals of life. |
| | D) | none of the above. |