
Answer Key-BLUCCA/14/e
Part 1 Ethics, Law, and the Judicial system
Chapter 1 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Law
Opening Case Questions
1. Whether the quantification of non-monetary experiences is fair to those of us who cannot
afford to pay for the privilege of “being first in line” depends upon the ethical theory that the
learner has adopted after reading the chapter. If the learner has adopted the market value ethics
of the philosophy of neoliberalism, then, “yes,” the richest among us have somehow “earned”
the right to be first in line. The point of the study of market value ethics is to demonstrate the
negative aspects of this philosophy (actually trend would be a better word, precisely because it
reflects a loss of the traditional value of justice. If the learner has adopted social contract
2. Since the right to pursue happiness promised in the Declaration of Independence does not
guarantee the success of that pursuit, whether those of us who succeed should be encouraged
to enjoy that success by sitting in a skybox depends upon the ethical theory that the learner has
adopted after reading the chapter. If the learner has adopted the market value ethics of the