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

2. 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 ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(c) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(d) It enforces the law.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

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

5. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?

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