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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

3. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(b) That good and wrong are innately known.
(c) That good and wrong are taught.
(d) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.

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

5. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(b) It enforces the law.
(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 is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

4. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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

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