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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?
(a) Civil war.
(b) Political upheaval.
(c) Social and Economic inequality.
(d) Persecution.

2. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?
(a) That the individual does not make too much money.
(b) That the individual does not challenge the powers that be.
(c) That the individual is god-fearing.
(d) That the individual does not impede anyone else's liberty.

3. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position
(a) The education is respected.
(b) That the Rich are allowed certain tax breaks.
(c) That disadvantaged people are provided for.
(d) That the environment is protected.

4. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?
(a) Ancient India.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) Ancient Rome.
(d) The Ancient Athenians of Greece.

5. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?
(a) That it is the only important virtue.
(b) That it may be minimized.
(c) That it may be maximized.
(d) That it may be ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Totalitarian state?

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

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

4. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?

5. What year was Adam Smith born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

2. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

3. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

4. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

5. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

6. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?

7. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

8. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?

9. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?

10. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?

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