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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Original Position.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?
(a) A metaphor for a different type of belief.
(b) A metaphor for not being able to tell what kind of society one will later be in.
(c) A garment worn by politicians.
(d) A metaphor to describe different types of citizens.

4. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Political.
(d) Metaphysics.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

3. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

4. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

5. What does the Individual lose from the Social Contract?

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