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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?
(a) It is better than Utilitarian theory.
(b) It is the only philosophy that makes sense.
(c) It is better than Marxism.
(d) It is ridiculous.

4. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?
(a) Because God told them so.
(b) Because of an innate knowledge of fairness.
(c) Because they are taught what to believe.
(d) Because the monarch told them so.

5. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?
(a) A viable alternative to other theories.
(b) Something to remember.
(c) The dominant political view.
(d) Something to destroy the theories of Utilitarianism.

6. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Enlightenment.
(c) The Modern Era.
(d) The Renaissance.

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

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

9. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.
(b) That there is a God.
(c) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.
(d) That there is a scientific truth.

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

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

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

13. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?
(a) Because he thought that was the law of nature.
(b) Because he thought people were stupid.
(c) Because he thought it would help the British Empire.
(d) Because he thought people were naturally brutish.

14. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?
(a) That they are tall.
(b) That they are wealthy.
(c) That they are a rational person.
(d) That they know the principles of philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?

3. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

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

(see the answer keys)

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