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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 the second principle derived from the Original Position
(a) That disadvantaged people are provided for.
(b) That the Rich are allowed certain tax breaks.
(c) That the environment is protected.
(d) The education is respected.

2. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) The king.
(b) Nature.
(c) Their parents.
(d) God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?

2. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?

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

4. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?

5. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?

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