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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Two Principles of Justice.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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 of an innate knowledge of fairness.
(c) Because they are taught what to believe.
(d) Because God told them so.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position

5. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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