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

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

3. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?
(a) "The ignoble chasing the inedible."
(b) "Far from perfect, but the best system on the table."
(c) "The sublimest virtue."
(d) "Far from perfect."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?

4. What is a Totalitarian state?

5. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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