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

2. 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 intellectualism, refinement and poetry are better pleasures that dancing, lust or wealth.
(c) The belief that going to church is the highest form of pleasure.
(d) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

2. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?

3. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?

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

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

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