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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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

3. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

4. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rawls accept would happen in the Original Position?

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

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

4. How do Intuitionists justify their innate knowledges?

5. Does Social Contract Theory have an opt-out policy?

6. What, according to Rawls, are other notions of justice?

7. What problems does a just society answer, according to Rawls?

8. In what way is the Original Position a proponent of Intuition or Innate Ideas?

9. Is fairness always the same as equality, according to Rawls?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Rawls’ theory of the Original Position (the Waiting Room argument) idealist in nature? How does it survive when we take away an a priori foundation for morality?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the political movements of the 20th and 21st Century (Gay Pride, Women's Liberation, Occupy, the Civil Rights Movement, etc.). How do these movements relate to Rawls’ theory of the Social Contract and the Original Position?

Essay Topic 3

In his theory of Justice as Fairness, Rawls claims that some degree of economic inequality would be acceptable. Consider the claims of the recent 99% and Occupy movements and the Global Banking Crisis. Could Rawls still make this claim?

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