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

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

3. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?
(a) A strong society.
(b) A society that owns the most land.
(c) A wealthy society.
(d) A just society.

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

5. What year was Adam Smith born?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position

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