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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) Might makes right.
(b) The greatest good to the wealthiest.
(c) The greatest good to the deserving.
(d) The greatest good for the greatest number.

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

3. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Political.
(c) Epistemology.
(d) Skeptical.

4. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?
(a) The poor.
(b) The royals.
(c) The rich.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

4. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?

5. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?

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