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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 admit might happen within his just society?

2. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

3. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?

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

5. What year was Adam Smith born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the views of Rawls with that of John Stuart Mill. In what ways do they differ? How would John Stuart Mill argue against Rawls' claims?

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