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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?
(a) A wealthy society.
(b) A society that owns the most land.
(c) A strong society.
(d) A just society.

3. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) The greatest good to the deserving.
(b) The greatest good to the wealthiest.
(c) The greatest good for the greatest number.
(d) Might makes right.

4. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Political.
(d) Skeptical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

3. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?

4. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?

5. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

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