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

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

3. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?
(a) Power and glory.
(b) Military might.
(c) Money and wealth.
(d) Protection and security.

4. 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.

5. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?
(a) Because they are taught what to believe.
(b) Because the monarch told them so.
(c) Because God told them so.
(d) Because of an innate knowledge of fairness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?

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

3. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

4. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

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

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