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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Individual Versus Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) God.
(b) The king.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Nature.

2. What year was Adam Smith born?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1623.

3. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?
(a) Many philosophers don't agree with it.
(b) Some people do not seem to act with a natural morality.
(c) It doesn't support a healthy economy.
(d) It makes defending one’s country more difficult.

4. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

5. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.
(b) Because it comes before everything else.
(c) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(d) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

3. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?

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

5. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

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