Question W4. On many ethical issues, there is a significant difference between men and women. For example, women are more likely than men to oppose capital punishment (of course, some women strongly favor capital punishment, and many men fervently oppose it; but on the whole, significantly higher percentages of women oppose capital punishment). Why do you suppose that difference exists?
W4. 1. It what ways does Gauthier’s contract approach differ from that of Rawls’s? In what ways are they similar? Explain.
W4. 2. What are the objections that can be leveled against the social contract approach? Are these objections stronger or weaker than the types of objections that have been leveled against other moral theories that have been covered in the text thus far?
W4. 3. What are the strongest arguments in favor of the social contract approach? How do these arguments compare to those that have been given for other moral theories covered in the text thus far.
