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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 is the second principle derived from the Original Position
3. What year was Adam Smith born?
4. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?
5. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?
2. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?
3. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?
4. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?
5. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?
6. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?
7. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?
8. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?
9. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?
10. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Rawls’ theory of the Social Contract place faith in the Individual or in the Society?
Essay Topic 2
Political Philosophy
a. What is the ideal form of society? What would it look like? What have philosopher's claimed in the past?
b. How does the Individual and the State relate to each other? What rights does the State have over the Individual and vice versa? When should individual civil liberties be curtailed?
Essay Topic 3
Examine and critique Rawls’ argument about religious tolerance/Intolerance. What arguments can you think of to support his claim and what detract from it?
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