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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Individual Liberties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?
(a) A metaphor for a different type of belief.
(b) A metaphor to describe different types of citizens.
(c) A metaphor for not being able to tell what kind of society one will later be in.
(d) A garment worn by politicians.

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

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

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

5. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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

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

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

5. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?

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