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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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 do Intuitionist' believe in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When was Intuitionism first developed?

2. Does Social Contract Theory have an opt-out policy?

3. What is the maxim of Utilitarian theory?

4. What is the definition of the 'good' society in Rawls’ view?

5. In what way is Democracy still a Utilitarian system?

6. What is the veil of ignorance?

7. What was the rival school to Utilitarian thought during the 20th Century?

8. Why does Rawls accept that his own argument is Intuitionist?

9. What does it seem rational that the hypothetical person in the Original Position chooses?

10. Why could Contract Theory be called pessimistic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rawls’ social contract deals with criminals, misfits and rebels in its system? What would it be forced to do?

Essay Topic 2

Contrast Rawls’ Original Position of a an individual wanting fairness over all things with Nietzsche's view that human nature has the drive to be strong (the Will-to-Power).

Essay Topic 3

What are the sorts of essential inequalities that Rawls allows to exist in his vision of the just society? Do you agree that they are unavoidable?

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