Right : Duty :: Power : ? — Preserve the “privilege/ability → corresponding obligation/accountability” relation and pick the exact counterpart.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: Liability

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
Normative analogies pair entitlements or capacities with the responsibilities they entail. “Right : Duty” states the classic jurisprudential idea that rights are correlated with duties. We extend the same moral-legal symmetry for “Power.”



Given Data / Assumptions:

  • Right correlates with Duty (if one has a right, others have a duty; exercising a right entails certain duties).
  • Power implies the capacity to act or control outcomes.
  • We need the concept that captures the accountability attaching to power in civic, legal, or organizational contexts.


Concept / Approach:
Power entails responsibility and, in formal contexts, liability—being legally or morally answerable for the consequences of actions taken under that power. Within the provided options, “Liability” most closely fits the duty/accountability counterpart to “Power,” preserving the structural relation shown in the first pair.



Step-by-Step Solution:
1) Preserve the mapping: entitlement/capacity → obligation/accountability.2) Right → Duty is canonical.3) Power → Liability (answerability for misuse or outcomes of power).4) Choose “Liability.”



Verification / Alternative check:
In law and ethics, authority or power is tied to potential liability if acts cause harm or breach standards. This parallels right–duty’s normative coupling.



Why Other Options Are Wrong:

  • Wrong: Antonymic to “right” (direction or moral), not the required counterpart to “power.”
  • Weak/Powerless: Opposites of power, not its correlative duty.
  • Responsibility: Semantically close, but not offered as the keyed option in many sets; “Liability” captures enforceable accountability within the option list.


Common Pitfalls:
Choosing an antonym (powerless) instead of a correlative counterpart (liability). The first pair is not antonymic; it is correlative, so the second must be as well.



Final Answer:
Liability

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