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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) Political.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Metaphysics.

2. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?
(a) That it would be at least fair.
(b) That it be at least a beautiful land.
(c) That it would be at least a strong society.
(d) That it be at least a wealthy society.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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

3. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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

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

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