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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. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?
(a) David Hume.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Karl Marx.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

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

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

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