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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?
(a) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.
(b) Utilitarianism is never applied to the society.
(c) It perceives persons only as voters.
(d) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.

3. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) J.S. Mill.
(b) John Hurt.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Socrates.

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Eighteenth.
(d) Sixteenth.

5. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) The greatest good to the wealthiest.
(b) The greatest good for the greatest number.
(c) Might makes right.
(d) The greatest good to the deserving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

2. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?

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

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

5. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

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