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

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

3. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Political.
(c) Epistemology.
(d) Skeptical.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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