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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 Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?

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

3. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?

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

5. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To what extent do you agree or disagree with Rawls's theory of Justice as Fairness?

Essay Topic 3

The Social Contract

a. What is the Social Contract? Who ascribes and who developed this philosophy?

b. In what way is the social contract pessimistic about human nature? How is it compatible with an optimistic view of human nature?

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