Multiple Choice Quiz

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Rawls conceives of the original contract as one to:

enter a particular society. correct incorrect

set up a particular form of government. correct incorrect

establish the principles of justice for the basic structure of society. correct incorrect

d. establish the content of morality. correct incorrect

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The purpose of the veil of ignorance is to:

prevent contractors from adopting principles of justice that unfairly advantage themselves. correct incorrect

make the decision of which principles of justice to adopt simpler and easier. correct incorrect

ensure that the principles of justice selected are not too complicated for ordinary people to follow. correct incorrect

all of the above. correct incorrect

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Rawls argues that parties in the original position would not accept utilitarianism because:

it is too difficult to determine which policies would maximize happiness. correct incorrect

doing so would be too risky. correct incorrect

it requires us to do unjust things, such as executing innocent people. correct incorrect

they would be behind the veil of ignorance and thus would never have heard of utilitarianism. correct incorrect

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Persons in the original position have knowledge of:

their class position and social status. correct incorrect

principles of economic theory and laws of human psychology. correct incorrect

their natural talents and abilities. correct incorrect

none of the above. correct incorrect

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According to Rawls, we can enter the original position:

only by leaving society and remaking social institutions from scratch. correct incorrect

at any time, by simply following a certain procedure. correct incorrect

only if we somehow forget who we are, which is very rare. correct incorrect

none of the above. correct incorrect

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Rawls maintains that a society satisfying his principles of justice comes as close as a society can to:

being a voluntary scheme. correct incorrect

being fair. correct incorrect

being a place where the members are autonomous. correct incorrect

all of the above. correct incorrect

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Rawls claims that a conception of justice should be justified by:

deducing it from self-evident premises. correct incorrect

direct acquaintance via moral intuition. correct incorrect

the mutual support of many considerations, which it fits into one coherent view. correct incorrect

none of the above. correct incorrect

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Rawls claims that when his two principles come into conflict:

neither takes precedence over the other. correct incorrect

the first principle (concerning liberty) takes precedence over the second (concerning inequality). correct incorrect

the second principle (concerning inequality) takes precedence over the first (concerning liberty). correct incorrect

none of the above. correct incorrect