Philosophy: Quiz on Utilitarianism
In determining whether or not the death penalty should be permitted, which is not a concern of a utilitarian
Whether or not the death penalty expands a respect for human life
According to utilitarianism
there is no essential connection between the morality of an action and the morality of the intention behind it
According to Simpson's Paradox,
utilitarians may be morally obligated to make everyone alive less happy
Utilitarianism allows that we may count one person's interests as more important than the interests of others if
we care deeply about them they live closer to us ANSWER: none of these they are related to us
Utilitarianism is an agent-neutral moral theory, which means that
everyone has the same duties and aims, no matter what their personal interests or interpersonal relationships
Another objection to utilitarianism is
for utilitarians, we have no stronger duties to friends and family than we do to strangers
According to hedonism,
happiness is the highest good
Mill argues that in addition to maximizing the quantity of pleasures, utilitarians should also be concerned with
promoting higher quality pleasures
Bentham thought that
push-pin is as good as poetry, provided the quantity of pleasure is the same
Utilitarians believe in
only one absolute moral rule: the principle of utility
Which of the following might utilitarianism sometimes require?
Harming one person to benefit another ANSWER: All of these Performing actions that generate less happiness than we possibly could Performing actions that benefit fewer people than we possibly could
An objection to utilitarianism is that
No action, no matter how intuitively heinous is absolutely forbidden
John S. Mill believed
That we need to determine which pleasures are "higher" and increase over all happines when determining what to do
Which of the following do most utilitarians believe determines the morality of actions?
The actual consequences of the action
Which of the following best describes the relationship between utilitarianism and consequentialism?
Utilitarianism and consequentialism are related theories
According to consequentialism,
all that morally matters is the consequence of action
Classical utilitarianism is
consequentialism + hedonism
One objection to utilitarianism is that
it is too invasive, since it means that every minor action has moral weight it isn't practical, since we can't predict all of the outcomes of our actions there are no supererogatory actions, since there is no good action that is greater than what duty requires ANSWER: all of these
Most utilitarians believe that the morality of an action depends on
its actual results
In the Felicific Calculus, the fucundity of a pleasure or pain is
the chance it has to be followed by the same type of sensation
