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

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

3. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?
(a) A wealthy society.
(b) A just society.
(c) A strong society.
(d) A society that owns the most land.

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

5. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(b) It enforces the law.
(c) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(d) It states who has the power and who doesn't.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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

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