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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. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

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

3. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?
(a) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.
(b) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.
(c) The belief that intellectualism, refinement and poetry are better pleasures that dancing, lust or wealth.
(d) The belief that going to church is the highest form of pleasure.

4. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?
(a) The poor.
(b) The royals.
(c) No one.
(d) The rich.

5. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) John Hurt.
(b) John Locke.
(c) J.S. Mill.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?

2. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

3. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?

4. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

5. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

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