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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 is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?
(a) That the individual does not challenge the powers that be.
(b) That the individual does not make too much money.
(c) That the individual does not impede anyone else's liberty.
(d) That the individual is god-fearing.

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

3. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?
(a) Rights.
(b) One world government.
(c) Good trade agreements.
(d) Military power.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

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

5. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

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