Last year almost 5,000 people in the U.S. died
while waiting for a kidney transplant. Currently, the waiting list for a kidney
transplant stands at close to 100,000 people in the U.S. To address the above
growing gap in organ availability, it has been proposed that we should
compensate living donors for kidneys to be used for transplantation. Referring
to distributive justice theories, discuss your own perspective on this issue.
Describe how it may differ from the perspectives of Rawls and a libertarian.
2.
New York City recently approved a ban on the
sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts, and
movie theaters, enacting the first restriction of its kind in the nation.
Discuss and justify whether this is an appropriate role for government.
3.
Based on what we know about the determinants of
childrens attainments, what programs or other interventions would you
recommend be given top priority in an era of fiscal austerity? Which programs,
if any, should be carried out by government (perhaps though contracts with
private organizations) and which, if any, should be left purely to the private
sector?
4.
Compare Feldsteins analysis of the regressivity
of Social Security to Rosen and Gayers analysis. What could be done to improve
the redistributive fairness of Social Security, unemployment benefits, and
possibly Medicare, as well?1.
Last year almost 5,000 people in the U.S. died
while waiting for a kidney transplant. Currently, the waiting list for a kidney
transplant stands at close to 100,000 people in the U.S. To address the above
growing gap in organ availability, it has been proposed that we should
compensate living donors for kidneys to be used for transplantation. Referring
to distributive justice theories, discuss your own perspective on this issue.
Describe how it may differ from the perspectives of Rawls and a libertarian.2.
New York City recently approved a ban on the
sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts, and
movie theaters, enacting the first restriction of its kind in the nation.
Discuss and justify whether this is an appropriate role for government.3.
Based on what we know about the determinants of
childrens attainments, what programs or other interventions would you
recommend be given top priority in an era of fiscal austerity? Which programs,
if any, should be carried out by government (perhaps though contracts with
private organizations) and which, if any, should be left purely to the private
sector?4.
Compare Feldsteins analysis of the regressivity
of Social Security to Rosen and Gayers analysis. What could be done to improve
the redistributive fairness of Social Security, unemployment benefits, and
possibly Medicare, as well?
