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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?
(a) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.
(b) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?

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

3. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?

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

5. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

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