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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(b) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(c) It enforces the law.
(d) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.

3. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?
(a) It's not realistic.
(b) That majority views are ignored.
(c) It is not strong enough.
(d) That minority views are ignored.

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

5. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Totalitarian state?

2. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?

3. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

5. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?

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