1. ‘Democracy is good only insofar as it produces good outcomes.
Democracy is not producing good outcomes. So let’s get rid of
democracy.’ Discuss.
2. Is deliberative democracy biased towards privileged people?
3. Must democratic rule be majority rule?
4. ‘The “difference principle” is the best principle of distributive justice we can
hope for.’ Discuss.
5. ‘Individuals who knowingly take on a gamble and lose should bear the full
costs of that loss.’ Discuss.
6. EITHER: (A) ‘A person in abject poverty can be subject to the most acute
exploitation yet never have their self-ownership violated. Therefore, selfownership is a hollow ideal.’ Discuss.
OR: (B) Should the earth’s resources be held in common?
7. ‘Equality is about whether one is able to look others in the eye, not about
how many possessions one holds in one’s hands.’ Discuss.
8. EITHER: (A) ‘The social contract tradition employs a negative, not a
positive, conception of liberty.’ Discuss.
OR: (B) ‘The republican tradition employs a positive, not a negative,
conception of liberty.’ Discuss.
9. Do traffic lights make us less free?
10. ‘You can be politically oppressed by other people, and you can be
politically oppressed by social institutions, but you cannot be politically
oppressed by social norms.’ Discuss.