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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It enforces the law.
(b) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(c) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(d) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

3. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?

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

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

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