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

2. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) God.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The king.
(d) Nature.

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

4. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.
(b) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.
(c) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(d) Because it comes before everything else.

5. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?
(a) That they know the principles of philosophy.
(b) That they are tall.
(c) That they are wealthy.
(d) That they are a rational person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?

2. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

3. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

4. What is another name for the Original Position?

5. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?

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