Phil 316 Final Exam Jesse Saloom Complete Test
With All Correct And Latest Solution 2022
Caveat emptor Correct Answer: means buyer beware
Expanded
... [Show More] liability to manufacturers
Moved courts to "due care" Correct Answer: what was the result of the macpherson vs Buick Motor
Car case?
Acknowledges buyers and sellers are not equals
Producer has obligation to ensure safety Correct Answer: what does "due care" mean?
Moved courts from due care to strict product liability Correct Answer: what was the result of the
Greenman vs Yuba Power products case?
Due care requires showing negligence
Strict liability requires showing caution regardless of negligence Correct Answer: what is the
difference between due care and strict product liability?
Due care Correct Answer: The idea that consumers and sellers do not meet as equals and that the
consumer's interests are particularly vulnerable to being harmed by the manufacturer, who has
knowledge and expertise the consumer does not have
Strict product liability Correct Answer: holds that the manufacturer of a product has legal
responsibilities to compensate the user of that product for injuries suffered because the product's
defective condition made it unreasonably dangerous regardless of whether the manufacturer was
negligent in permitting that defect to occur
Leads to safer products
Manufacturer best able to bear costs of faulty products
Difficult to prove negligence Correct Answer: what are arguments for strict product liability over due
care?
Legal paternalism Correct Answer: the idea that the law may justifiably be used to restrict the
freedom of individuals for their own good
We have a right to make our own decisions and free choice but this only holds true if they are rational
Correct Answer: what is an argument against legal paternalism?
When lacking rationality or information Correct Answer: when is legal paternalism justified?
Freedom of choice
Economic costs Correct Answer: what are the harms of legal paternalism?... [Show Less]