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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

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

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

5. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

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