Utilitarianism Quiz

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Utilitarianism Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During which century did John Stuart Mill write Utilitarianism?

The 17th

The 12th

The 19th

The 20th

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which writer was a major proponent of the theory of utilitarianism?

Jeremy Bentham

Karl Marx

Immanuel Kant

John Rawls

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following does Mill present as a potential criticism of utilitarianism?

It cannot account for the differences between higher and lower pleasures

It is a godless theory

Virtue is more important than happiness

All of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mill argues that justice is:

a less important consideration than practical utility

valuable because it is socially useful

valuable by a standard that exists independent of utility

at odds with social utility

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An example of an "internal sanction" would be

the fear of going to jail for bad actions

the fear of being punished by God for bad actions

the guilt of one's own conscience for bad actions

All of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Mill notes that the foundational principles of science are as hotly debated as those of morality. However, he argues, the difference between the two debates is that:

The lack of first principles is more serious in the case of morality

The lack of first principles is more serious in the case of science

Morality does not need first principles at all

Science does not need first principles at all

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The utility can be defined as:

Usefulness, in opposition to pleasure

Fulfillment of animalistic desires

pleasure and the absence of pain.

a constant state of rapturous excitement.

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