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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Social Equality and Inequality.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?
(a) It is better than Marxism.
(b) It is the only philosophy that makes sense.
(c) It is better than Utilitarian theory.
(d) It is ridiculous.

3. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?
(a) That they are tall.
(b) That they know the principles of philosophy.
(c) That they are a rational person.
(d) That they are wealthy.

4. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?
(a) Political upheaval.
(b) Social and Economic inequality.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Persecution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?

2. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

3. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?

4. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

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

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