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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Social Contract.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?
(a) A just society.
(b) A society that owns the most land.
(c) A strong society.
(d) A wealthy society.

2. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are innately known.
(b) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(c) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.
(d) That good and wrong are taught.

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

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

5. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?
(a) Some people do not seem to act with a natural morality.
(b) It doesn't support a healthy economy.
(c) It makes defending one’s country more difficult.
(d) Many philosophers don't agree with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?

2. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

3. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

4. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?

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

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