Exam 5: Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill

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According to utilitarianism which of the following is an intrinsic good?

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Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.

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Rule Utilitarianism asks that we consider the consequences of each act

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Utilitarianism says that utility is identical to pleasure.

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Of which kind of reasoning , Act (A)or Rule (R)Utilitarianism, are the following examples? If everyone cut in that line, then there would be chaos and that would be bad, so I ought not cut in the line but go to the end.

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According to utilitarianism which of the following is useful for evaluating the morality of an action?

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According to act utilitarianism, if it produces more net utility (or "happiness")to give money to famine relief, even though  I had promised to payback a friend  with that money, then I ought to give the money to the relief fund.

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What is the significance of Mills' distinction between the pleasure of a "pig satisfied," in contrast to "Socrates satisfied?" What does this distinction add to Bentham's version of utilitarianism?

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Of which kind of reasoning , Act (A)or Rule (R)Utilitarianism, are the following examples? We ought to observe copyright rules because if we did not then no one's intellectual property would be safe and this would be a very bad outcome.

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The trolley problem is used to illustrate which of the following?

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