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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?
(a) The rich.
(b) The royals.
(c) No one.
(d) The poor.

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

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

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

5. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?
(a) It perceives persons only as voters.
(b) Utilitarianism is never applied to the society.
(c) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.
(d) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

2. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

3. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?

4. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?

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

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