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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?
(a) The Enlightenment.
(b) The Modern Era.
(c) The Dark Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.

4. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) Socrates.
(b) John Locke.
(c) J.S. Mill.
(d) John Hurt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

3. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

4. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

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

(see the answer key)

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