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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Original Position.

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. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?
(a) Money and wealth.
(b) Protection and security.
(c) Power and glory.
(d) Military might.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?

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

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

4. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

5. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

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