Question 1

Some utilitarians respond to the charge that act-utilitarianism conflicts with common moral intuitions by:

Accepted Answer

A) switching to natural law theory. 
B) rejecting commonsense morality. 
C) denying that act-utilitarianism is a true moral theory. 
D) rejecting rule-utilitarianism. 
A) switching to natural law theory. 
B) rejecting commonsense morality. 
C) denying that act-utilitarianism is a true moral theory. 
D) rejecting rule-utilitarianism.

Question 2

The utilitarian principle,or principle of utility,is also called the:

Accepted Answer

A) principle of minimal happiness. 
B) principle of diminishing returns. 
C) hedonistic formula. 
D) greatest happiness principle. 
A) principle of minimal happiness. 
B) principle of diminishing returns. 
C) hedonistic formula. 
D) greatest happiness principle.

Question 3

Suppose for someone there are only two possible actions: (1)read Aristotle or (2)spend a weekend on a tropical isle in intensely pleasurable debauchery.In this situation,the classic utilitarian would likely choose:

Accepted Answer

A) (1). 
B) (2). 
C) neither (1) nor (2). 
D) both (1) and (2). 
A) (1). 
B) (2). 
C) neither (1) nor (2). 
D) both (1) and (2).

Question 4

John Stuart Mill says that humans by nature desire happiness and nothing but happiness; therefore happiness is the standard by which we should judge human conduct,and therefore the principle of utility is the heart of morality.But this argument is controversial,because:

Accepted Answer

A) it reasons from what is to what should be. 
B) it has no premises. 
C) utilitarianism is not a moral theory. 
D) Mill failed to defend his theory. 
A) it reasons from what is to what should be. 
B) it has no premises. 
C) utilitarianism is not a moral theory. 
D) Mill failed to defend his theory.

Question 5

Defenders of act-utilitarianism insist that the scenarios that seem to show utilitarianism in conflict with commonsense morality are:

Accepted Answer

A) misleading and implausible. 
B) likely to occur at least some of the time. 
C) too realistic. 
D) common but inconsequential. 
A) misleading and implausible. 
B) likely to occur at least some of the time. 
C) too realistic. 
D) common but inconsequential.

Some utilitarians respond to the charge that act-utilitarianism conflicts with common moral intuitions by:

The utilitarian principle,or principle of utility,is also called the:

Suppose for someone there are only two possible actions: (1)read Aristotle or (2)spend a weekend on a tropical isle in intensely pleasurable debauchery.In this situation,the classic utilitarian would likely choose:

John Stuart Mill says that humans by nature desire happiness and nothing but happiness; therefore happiness is the standard by which we should judge human conduct,and therefore the principle of utility is the heart of morality.But this argument is controversial,because:

Defenders of act-utilitarianism insist that the scenarios that seem to show utilitarianism in conflict with commonsense morality are:

Ethics and the Examined Life

Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism

Evaluating Moral Arguments

The Power of Moral Theories

Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Virtue Ethics: Be a Good Person

Abortion

Altering Genes and Cloning Humans

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Capital Punishment

Sexual Morality

Same-Sex Marriage

Environmental Ethics

Animal Rights

Political Violence: War, Terrorism, and Torture

Global Economic Justice

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Exam 5: Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good

Some utilitarians respond to the charge that act-utilitarianism conflicts with common moral intuitions by:

The utilitarian principle,or principle of utility,is also called the:

Suppose for someone there are only two possible actions: (1)read Aristotle or (2)spend a weekend on a tropical isle in intensely pleasurable debauchery.In this situation,the classic utilitarian would likely choose:

John Stuart Mill says that humans by nature desire happiness and nothing but happiness; therefore happiness is the standard by which we should judge human conduct,and therefore the principle of utility is the heart of morality.But this argument is controversial,because:

Defenders of act-utilitarianism insist that the scenarios that seem to show utilitarianism in conflict with commonsense morality are:

Ethics and the Examined Life

Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism

Evaluating Moral Arguments

The Power of Moral Theories

Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Virtue Ethics: Be a Good Person

Abortion

Altering Genes and Cloning Humans

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Capital Punishment

Sexual Morality

Same-Sex Marriage

Environmental Ethics

Animal Rights

Political Violence: War, Terrorism, and Torture

Global Economic Justice

Filters