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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it comes before everything else.
(b) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(c) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.
(d) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.

2. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?
(a) That they are a rational person.
(b) That they are wealthy.
(c) That they know the principles of philosophy.
(d) That they are tall.

3. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.
(b) That there is a God.
(c) That there is a scientific truth.
(d) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

3. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?

4. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an Intuitionist believe is the innate?

2. Who does the individual have a contract with, according to the Social Contract Theory?

3. What is the implicit argument in Social Contract Theory?

4. What is the veil of ignorance?

5. Why does the Original Position especially look after those less fortunate?

6. What does it seem rational that the hypothetical person in the Original Position chooses?

7. When was Intuitionism first developed?

8. What is the popular definition of a Utilitarian object?

9. According to the chapter “The Original Position,” what do we have to assume about the individual's rational capabilities?

10. Why does Rawls move away from Individualist ethics?

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