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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Two Principles of Justice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Fifteenth.

2. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?
(a) The belief that intellectualism, refinement and poetry are better pleasures that dancing, lust or wealth.
(b) The belief that going to church is the highest form of pleasure.
(c) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.
(d) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.

3. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?
(a) Ontology.
(b) Republicanism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Utilitarianism.

4. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(b) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.
(c) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.
(d) Because it comes before everything else.

5. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?
(a) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.
(b) Utilitarianism is never applied to the society.
(c) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.
(d) It perceives persons only as voters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?

2. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

3. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

4. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?

5. What is another name for the Original Position?

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