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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Original Position.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(b) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(c) It enforces the law.
(d) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.

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

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

5. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.
(b) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.
(c) That there is a God.
(d) That there is a scientific truth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

3. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

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

5. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

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