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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Individual Versus Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?
(a) That it be at least a wealthy society.
(b) That it be at least a beautiful land.
(c) That it would be at least a strong society.
(d) That it would be at least fair.

2. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?
(a) Because the monarch told them so.
(b) Because God told them so.
(c) Because they are taught what to believe.
(d) Because of an innate knowledge of fairness.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Adam Smith born?

2. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

5. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

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