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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Two Principles of Justice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position
(a) That the environment is protected.
(b) That the Rich are allowed certain tax breaks.
(c) That disadvantaged people are provided for.
(d) The education is respected.

2. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) David Hume.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John Stuart Mill's Theory of Higher Pleasures?

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

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

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

5. What do Intuitionist' believe in?

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