Question 1

Who wrote Utilitarianism ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mill 
B)  Kant 
C)  Bentham 
D)  Moore

Question 2

Bentham's philosophy was at base

Accepted Answer

A)  selfless 
B)  egoistic 
C)  deontological 
D)  subjective

Question 3

What was the crucial difference between two pleasures, for Bentham?

Accepted Answer

A)  Duration 
B)  Intensity 
C)  Rationality 
D)  Morality

Question 4

The Enlightenment was the Age of Reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

John Stuart_____'s last name was "Mills."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Mill began to pay the high price of his education when he was

Accepted Answer

A)  12 
B)  26 
C)  16 
D)  20

Question 7

What is altruism? Should we try to encourage it? If so, why? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

How is Bentham's view of morality different from that of Kant? Which is the more realistic? Does this also mean that it is the most correct? Explain your answer, taking care to define how you understand the term "realistic. "

Accepted Answer

The answer of How is Bentham's view of morality different...

Question 9

Altruism is opposed to

Accepted Answer

A)  egoism 
B)  utilitarianism 
C)  deontology 
D)  theism

Question 10

Bentham was a laissez-faire reformer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Malthus believed that unchecked population growth increased arithmetically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Bentham thought that legislators should consider the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Malthus was enthusiastic about the success of possible social reforms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Malthus believed that epidemics were natural cures for population growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What did Bentham think counted, morally?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suffering 
B)  Dignity 
C)  Intention 
D)  Love

Question 16

In what way is utilitarianism a response to the social conditions of the nineteenth century? Do you believe that it is still relevant today? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Jeremy Bentham was French.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is ethical egoism? What is psychological...

Question 19

Which ancient school would Mill have most identified with?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lyceum 
B)  Academy 
C)  Garden 
D)  Grove

Question 20

Bentham wrote of "hedons."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

Who wrote Utilitarianism ?

Bentham's philosophy was at base

What was the crucial difference between two pleasures, for Bentham?

The Enlightenment was the Age of Reform.

John Stuart_____'s last name was "Mills."

Mill began to pay the high price of his education when he was

What is altruism? Should we try to encourage it? If so, why? If not, why not?

How is Bentham's view of morality different from that of Kant? Which is the more realistic? Does this also mean that it is the most correct? Explain your answer, taking care to define how you understand the term "realistic. "

Altruism is opposed to

Bentham was a laissez-faire reformer.

Malthus believed that unchecked population growth increased arithmetically.

Bentham thought that legislators should consider the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

Malthus was enthusiastic about the success of possible social reforms.

Malthus believed that epidemics were natural cures for population growth.

What did Bentham think counted, morally?

In what way is utilitarianism a response to the social conditions of the nineteenth century? Do you believe that it is still relevant today? Explain your answer.

Jeremy Bentham was French.

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

Which ancient school would Mill have most identified with?

Bentham wrote of "hedons."