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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Critique of Intuitionism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?
(a) Strength.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Justice.

3. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?
(a) Something to remember.
(b) Something to destroy the theories of Utilitarianism.
(c) A viable alternative to other theories.
(d) The dominant political view.

4. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) The greatest good for the greatest number.
(b) Might makes right.
(c) The greatest good to the deserving.
(d) The greatest good to the wealthiest.

5. 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 enforces the law.
(c) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(d) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

2. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

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

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

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