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The end-point on each continuum does not represent legitimate, authoritative positions.
False
'Practical conflicts such as between rights and liberties or freedom and justice' are unfamiliar examples in modern democratic political systems.
False
The clash of opposites, contraries, extremes, and poles does not lead to accommodations in American public service ethics.
False
Efforts depicted in Exhibit 1.3 aim for an either-or choice rather than moderating extremes and reconciling different value dimensions.
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A complete rejection of other values on the continuum enhances a democratic polity.
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'Pavlik’s story warns against a pathological goal displacement that exaggerates solitary values and excludes all other points on the continuum' is not mentioned in the text.
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Efficiency is a recent core value in public administration.
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President George H.W. Bush emphasized the importance of compassion in his inaugural address.
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The purpose of the map mentioned is to simplify complex issues.
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Exhibit 1.3 and Figures 1.4 and 1.6 help translate abstractions into practical guidelines for public management.
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Rion's principle 'avoid harm' is a source of ethical claims stated in the Role Diagnosis graphic.
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Josephson's concept of 'excellence' directly relates to the first category in Exhibit 1.3, which is Productivity.
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Feinberg was a paid special master appointed by Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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The Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) was solely created to replace the lives lost in the September 11th attacks.
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The VCF was unanimously seen as a representation of American people's indifference towards human life.
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Legal scholars urged to differentiate between tort system and charitable compensation initiatives when discussing the VCF.
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According to a newspaper headline, disaster aid is void of any political implications.
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The director of FEMA testified that disasters hold no political relevance during a congressional hearing in 1996.
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An argument grounded in the inherent value of all human life advocates for treating everyone equally.
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According to Kleinig (1991), assigning a monetary value to human life is widely accepted as ethical.
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Valuing life in dollars has been criticized by some as an unacceptable approach.
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The rejection of any monetary valuation on human life would shift the public purpose from compensation to financial security.
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Assigning a monetary value to life is a common practice in standard evaluation techniques like cost-benefit analysis in the United States.
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The term 'the value of life' used by economists to refer to the monetary value of fatalities is considered inappropriate and humorous.
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According to Feinberg, the fund has a statutory cap.
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Compensation for economic loss only benefits high-income earners.
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The tables used for settlement under this method typically favor families with more needs.
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The special master has compensated the beneficiaries of highest-income earners with full economic compensation.
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Feinberg's methodology and other aspects of the fund have led to numerous complaints and objections.
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The special master implemented a minimum award to address concerns related to equity in compensation.
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