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

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

3. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?
(a) It's not realistic.
(b) That majority views are ignored.
(c) That minority views are ignored.
(d) It is not strong enough.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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

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

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

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

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