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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Individual Versus Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(b) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.
(c) That good and wrong are innately known.
(d) That good and wrong are taught.

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

4. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?
(a) A metaphor for not being able to tell what kind of society one will later be in.
(b) A metaphor for a different type of belief.
(c) A garment worn by politicians.
(d) A metaphor to describe different types of citizens.

5. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?
(a) The belief that going to church is the highest form of pleasure.
(b) The belief that intellectualism, refinement and poetry are better pleasures that dancing, lust or wealth.
(c) The belief that feelings are better pleasures than stability, wealth or objects.
(d) The belief that one should spend the most money on the finest things in life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

3. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

4. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?

5. What year was Adam Smith born?

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