Philosophy: Quiz on Utilitarianism

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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


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