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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Critique of Utilitarianism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?
(a) It is not strong enough.
(b) That majority views are ignored.
(c) It's not realistic.
(d) That minority views are ignored.

2. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?
(a) The rich.
(b) No one.
(c) The poor.
(d) The royals.

3. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(b) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(c) It enforces the law.
(d) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.

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

5. Why does Utilitarian thinking not really understand the difference between persons?
(a) Utilitarianism is never applied to the society.
(b) Utilitarianism is never applied to the individual.
(c) That different people’s situations mean different levels of happiness, contentment or suffering.
(d) It perceives persons only as voters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?

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

3. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?

4. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?

5. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

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