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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(b) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.
(c) That good and wrong are taught.
(d) That good and wrong are innately known.

2. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) The greatest good to the deserving.
(b) The greatest good for the greatest number.
(c) Might makes right.
(d) The greatest good to the wealthiest.

3. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The king.

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

5. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?
(a) Something to destroy the theories of Utilitarianism.
(b) The dominant political view.
(c) A viable alternative to other theories.
(d) Something to remember.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

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