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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Individual Liberties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(b) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(c) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(d) It enforces the law.

2. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?
(a) The Modern Era.
(b) The Dark Ages.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Enlightenment.

3. 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.

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 going to church is the highest form of pleasure.
(c) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.
(d) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.

5. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?
(a) Because he thought it would help the British Empire.
(b) Because he thought that was the law of nature.
(c) Because he thought people were stupid.
(d) Because he thought people were naturally brutish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

3. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?

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

5. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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