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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?
(a) One world government.
(b) Rights.
(c) Military power.
(d) Good trade agreements.

4. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Justice.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Strength.

5. What is another name for the Original Position?
(a) The Brain in the Vat Argument.
(b) The Man in the Barrel Argument.
(c) The Waiting Room Argument.
(d) The First Argument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?

2. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?

3. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?

4. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

5. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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