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

2. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?
(a) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.
(b) Utilitarianism is never applied to the society.
(c) It perceives persons only as voters.
(d) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.

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

4. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(b) It enforces the law.
(c) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(d) It states who has the power and who doesn't.

5. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?
(a) Utilitarianism.
(b) Ontology.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Republicanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

2. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

3. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

5. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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