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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. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?

2. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?

3. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?

4. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

5. What is a Totalitarian state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

2. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?

3. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

4. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?

5. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?

6. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

7. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

8. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

9. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?

10. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Rawls’ theory of the Social Contract place faith in the Individual or in the Society?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

As per Rawls’ argument, if you were granted any type of society to be born into, what would it be?

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