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Once established, the social contract remains constant and unchanging. |
False |
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Morality refers to beliefs about what is good and right. |
True |
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The term tactic refers to the overall broad approach a criminal justice agency uses to address crime. |
False. Strategy, not tactics, refers to the overall broad approach a CJ agency uses to address crime. |
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Empiricism refers to the idea that answers to questions should be grounded in data. |
True |
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Idealists consider harmony a natural guiding principle for making moral criminal justice decisions. |
True |
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Pragmatists do not believe in using evidence for making moral criminal justice decisions.
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False. Pragmatists believe in using evidence to make and evaluate laws and decisions. |
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A pragmatist would be more likely than an idealist to believe in the separation of church and state. |
True. Pragmatists are more guided by practical concerns and do not believe that morality should be part of law-making. Idealists are more guided by moral concerns. |
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An idealist would be more likely than a pragmatist to believe that a law is good if they believe it is moral, even if the law is not effective in other ways (for example, to control crime). |
True. An idealist believes that law and morality should be connected. (Think back to our discussion of legalizing marijuana). |
