Exam 13: Considering the Consequences

What emphasizes the effects of an action,and if an action produces more beneficial effects than harmful effects,it is considered an ethical action?

Act Consequentialism rejects general rules and ______.

It is sometimes suggested that consequentialism is a less than efficient way of living and deliberating on issues because it requires long and complicated calculations of ______ that tend to make a person overly hesitant and ineffectual.

Under utilitarian theory,some commonly held moral feelings may be mistaken.

Bentham developed a method for calculating pleasure versus pain,known as the ______ calculus.

For consequentialists,the ultimate goal of morality is to ______.

The two basic forms of consequential theory are ______ consequentialism.

Mill contended that ethical questions could be settled only by ______ investigation.

In utilitarian theory,every person's life and interests are ranked equally.

Critics of consequentialism or utilitarianism argue that such theories ______.

Under utilitarian theory,euthanasia of a terminally ill,suffering person who asks to be killed ______.

______ is generally linked to a particular activity or feeling in contrast to happiness,which is more a state of mind.

Two early consequentialist or utilitarian theorists were Jeremy Bentham and ______.

In considering public policy about punishment,a utilitarian would argue that punishment is justified if what two conditions exist?

Utilitarian theory can include the interests of animals.

Because utilitarianism is a/an ______ doctrine,they want to make the world a better place for all and increase the extent of well-being throughout the world.

If an action does not produce more beneficial effects than harmful effects,it is considered an ethical action.

One important early step in application of utilitarian theory is to ______.

Critics also argue that a true utilitarian,concerned with the problem of poverty in society,would ______.

Supererogatory actions ______.