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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 is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?

2. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

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

4. What is another name for the Original Position?

5. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Original Position especially look after those less fortunate?

2. In what way would the German philosopher Nietzsche argue against the Original Position?

3. What choice is the hypothetical person in the Original Position offered?

4. What theory does Rawls want to re-invigorate in his argument?

5. What, according to Rawls, are other notions of justice?

6. What is the veil of ignorance?

7. What problems does a just society answer, according to Rawls?

8. Why does Rawls move away from Individualist ethics?

9. When was Intuitionism first developed?

10. How did John Stuart Mill seek to redefine the Utilitarian maxim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Rawls’ theory of the Original Position (the Waiting Room argument) idealist in nature? How does it survive when we take away an a priori foundation for morality?

Essay Topic 2

As per Rawls’ argument, if you were granted any type of society to be born into, what would it be?

Essay Topic 3

In his final claim that constitutional democracy is the natural expression of his theory, how far can we say Rawls really goes in challenging the status quo, if at all?

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