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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. What is another name for the Original Position?
(a) The Man in the Barrel Argument.
(b) The Waiting Room Argument.
(c) The Brain in the Vat Argument.
(d) The First Argument.

2. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) John Locke.
(b) Socrates.
(c) J.S. Mill.
(d) John Hurt.

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

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?
(a) That it might be hard to apply to the real world.
(b) That there is a degree of Marxism within it.
(c) That it is quite socialist.
(d) That there is a certain amount of Intuitionism present in 'fairness'.

5. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?
(a) A metaphor to describe different types of citizens.
(b) A metaphor for not being able to tell what kind of society one will later be in.
(c) A metaphor for a different type of belief.
(d) A garment worn by politicians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the argument called the Original Position?

3. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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

5. What year was Adam Smith born?

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