Exam 12: The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

Who wrote Treatise on Man ?

Ethical hedonism is the same as psychological hedonism.

Bentham saw himself as a great legislator.

Mill was a utilitarian.

Bentham endorsed Kant's conception of the good will.

Who said that it was better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied?

The principle of utility is sometimes referred to as the pleasure principle.

Kant was a utilitarian.

Kant would have agreed with Bentham's approach.

Outline the forms of utilitarianism developed by both Bentham and Mill. What are the principle differences between them? Which do you believe is the most defensible, and why?

Who said that the self-centered passions had little variety?

Malebranche believed that dogs were just machines.

What did Mill defend?

Bentham recognized that ethics was not a science, and could never be one.

What was moral dignity a function of, for Kant?

Bentham was a deontologist.

The term "utility" has only one clear meaning.

John Stuart Mill's education robbed him of

In Britain the Industrial Revolution started around 1680.

Mill was married to