Exam 12: The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

James Mill believed that at birth

Bentham endorsed Kant s conception of the good will.

Do you believe that pleasure is the ground of morality? Why, or why not?

What is ethical egoism? What is psychological egoism? What is the relationship (if any) between them?

Malthus believed that unchecked population growth increased arithmetically.

What notion did Mill introduce into utilitarianism?

How many functions did education have, for Mill?

John Stuart_____ s last name was Mills .

Mill was a utilitarian.

What are the similarities and differences between the utilitarian focus on happiness and Aristotle s focus on eudaimonia ?

Jeremy Bentham was French.

Who wrote Treatise on Man ?

What, for Mill, was the principle cause of unhappiness?

Malthus wrote The Wealth of Nations .

In Britain the Industrial Revolution started around 1680.

Mill held that his education was one of

Mill was married to

Bentham was a laissez-faire reformer.

Altruism is from the Latin word for

Who wrote that it would be sad for a ghost to be without a body?