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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 society.
(b) It perceives persons only as voters.
(c) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.
(d) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.

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

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

4. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?
(a) Some people do not seem to act with a natural morality.
(b) Many philosophers don't agree with it.
(c) It makes defending one’s country more difficult.
(d) It doesn't support a healthy economy.

5. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That there is a God.
(b) That there is a scientific truth.
(c) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.
(d) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

2. What does the Individual lose from the Social Contract?

3. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

4. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

5. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

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