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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?
(a) That it may be maximized.
(b) That it may be minimized.
(c) That it is the only important virtue.
(d) That it may be ignored.

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

5. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?
(a) A viable alternative to other theories.
(b) Something to destroy the theories of Utilitarianism.
(c) The dominant political view.
(d) Something to remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?

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

3. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

4. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

5. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?

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