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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Individual Liberties.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Justice.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Strength.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the Original Position?

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

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

4. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

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