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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.
(b) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.
(c) That there is a God.
(d) That there is a scientific truth.

4. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?
(a) That the individual does not make too much money.
(b) That the individual does not impede anyone else's liberty.
(c) That the individual is god-fearing.
(d) That the individual does not challenge the powers that be.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

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

3. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

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