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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Critique of Intuitionism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) J.S. Mill.
(b) John Locke.
(c) John Hurt.
(d) Socrates.

3. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?
(a) That it is quite socialist.
(b) That there is a certain amount of Intuitionism present in 'fairness'.
(c) That it might be hard to apply to the real world.
(d) That there is a degree of Marxism within it.

4. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The king.

5. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) David Hume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

2. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

3. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?

4. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

5. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?

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