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

2. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?
(a) It's not realistic.
(b) That minority views are ignored.
(c) It is not strong enough.
(d) That majority views are ignored.

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

4. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?
(a) The belief that intellectualism, refinement and poetry are better pleasures that dancing, lust or wealth.
(b) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.
(c) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.
(d) The belief that going to church is the highest form of pleasure.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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

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

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

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