Utilitarianism Revision

The founder of modern utilitarianism is

• JS Mill

• Descartes

• Jeremy Bentham

• Peter Singer

What is meant by the greatest happiness principle?

• Maximising pain for the majority

• maximising happiness and minimising pain for the majority

• maximising preferences and minimising pain for majority

• calculating the quantity of happiness an action would create

The three key features of utilitarianism are:

• hedonism, the good will and equity

• consequences, hedonism and higher and lower pleasures

• consequences, hedonism and equity

• consequences, equity and the hedonic calculus

What is meant by consequentialism?

• the morality of an action is held in the consequences of an action

• the morality of an action is held in the motivation behind the action

• the morality of an action is held in the preferences of the individuals involved

• the morality of an action is irrelevant

What is meant by equity?

• Everyone's happiness is of equal importance

• Every action has an equal outcome

• Everyone's happiness is subjective

• The happiness of the people you love is irrelevant in the situation

What is meant by hedonism?

• pleasure is the only good and only thing worth valuing

• maximising pleasure for the majority

• minimising pain for the majoirty

• Another word for the hedonic calculus

Who is the associated with the hedonic calculus?

• JS Mill

• Peter Singer

• Kant

• Jeremy Bentham

What is the purpose of the hedonic calculus?

• a method for quantifying how much pleasure and pain would be produced from a certain action

• a way to measure the consequences of an action

• a way to measure how many people would benefit from the pleasure of an action

• A way to find out why pleasure is a good thing

The quote 'Push pin is as good as poetry' is associated with which philosopher?

• Peter Singer

• Jeremy Bentham

• J S Mill

• Rene Descartes

"Its better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied' Which of the below key terms best links to this quote?

• Equity

• Higher and lower pleasures

• Hard and soft rule utilitarianism

• consequentialism