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

2. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are taught.
(b) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(c) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.
(d) That good and wrong are innately known.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

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

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