Exam 9: Consequentialism Rule Utilitarianism

_______ can establish practices such as promising.

Act utilitarians often oppose rule utilitarianism because

Which ethical theory can encounter a moral dilemma?

Rule utilitarians can reasonably maintain that their theory promotes _______ overall utility than act utilitarianism can.

To avoid having to calculate what one should do in every specific situation, rule utilitarianism suggests that we follow

It seems possible for an unjust rule to be fine-tuned into a rule that rule utilitarianism would find acceptable, even though the new rule would still be unjust.

Rule utilitarianism largely avoids which act utilitarianism problem?

Because rule utilitarianism establishes rules to be followed, it is _____ flexible with each distinct situation than act utilitarianism.

Suppose a fine-tuned involuntary organ donation rule were acceptable to rule utilitarianism but conflicted with rule utilitarian principles of personal rights. Which of the following is true of the way forward?

Following rule utilitarianism in a situation can sometimes produce less overall utility than act utilitarianism would in that situation.

Which of the following would be the best result of fine-tuning the principle: "Stealing a loaf of bread is wrong?"

Which theory would seem best able to answer the question of whether students' high school lockers should periodically be inspected for drugs?

If keeping a certain rule were to place too much of a burden on people, then it would probably not be approved as a rule utilitarianism rule.

Fine-tuning rules to avoid the inconsistency objection can ultimately make rule utilitarianism very similar to act utilitarianism.

Rule utilitarianism does better with several of act utilitarianism's problems because it

Rule utilitarianism seems less susceptible to moral perfectionism problems than act utilitarianism.

Fine-tuning the rules of rule utilitarianism,

The problem with taking fine-tuning too far is that

For rule utilitarianism, the right act in a given situation is

Rule utilitarianism differs from act utilitarianism in important ways. Most importantly, it