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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Individual lose from the Social Contract?
(a) The right to own property.
(b) The right to defend themselves.
(c) All their freedoms.
(d) Complete freedom.

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

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

4. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?
(a) It is better than Marxism.
(b) It is ridiculous.
(c) It is the only philosophy that makes sense.
(d) It is better than Utilitarian theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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