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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Social Contract.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Individual lose from the Social Contract?
(a) The right to defend themselves.
(b) Complete freedom.
(c) All their freedoms.
(d) The right to own property.

3. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?
(a) Republicanism.
(b) Ontology.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Utilitarianism.

4. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?
(a) Because he thought that was the law of nature.
(b) Because he thought people were naturally brutish.
(c) Because he thought it would help the British Empire.
(d) Because he thought people were stupid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

3. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

4. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

5. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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