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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

2. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

3. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

4. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?

5. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?

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