Multiple Choice Questions

According to Mill, the only way to prove that something is desirable in itself (as an end) is to notice that people do desire it.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following is not necessary to act morally according to utilitarianism?
  • As a general practice
  • Rene Descartes
  • To act as the majority wishes
  • Cost
What has value because people value it has intrinsic value
  • True
  • False
In the reading from Utilitarianism Mill writes that we have learned by experience that murder and theft are wrong because they are generally injurious to human happiness
  • True
  • False
According to the text, approximately how many people have leaped to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge?
  • False
  • 1400
  • True
  • Cost
According to act utilitarianism, if it produces more net utility or pleasure to give money that I had promised to return to a friend to famine relief instead, then I ought to give it to the relief fund
  • True
  • False
According to utilitarianism which of the following is an intrinsic good?
  • True
  • Pleasure
  • The result
  • False
Which of the following was not one of the founders of utilitarianism?
  • Rene Descartes
  • The complexity of calculating morality using a cost benefit anlysis
  • Cost
  • False
The reason that Mill believes pleasure is the only intrinsic good is because he believes it is the only thing that everyone desires for its own sake
  • True
  • False
The following is an example of the reasoning of a rule utilitarian: "If the practice of lying is bad, then one ought not to lie now, even if in this case to lie would actually bring out better consequences."
  • True
  • False
According to utilitarianism which of the following is useful for evaluating the morality of an action?
  • False
  • True
  • Pleasure
  • The result
According to utilitarianism, an act that makes some people happy and others unhappy can never be morally right
  • True
  • False
The trolley problem is used to illustrate which of the following?
  • False
  • The complexity of calculating morality using a cost benefit anlysis
  • Rene Descartes
  • Cost
Which of the following is not included in calculating the amount of happiness?
  • Rene Descartes
  • False
  • Cost
  • True
According to utilitarian moral theory, happiness is an instrumental good.
  • True
  • False
In his work, Utilitarianism, Mill's test or basis for distinguishing higher from lower pleasures is the preference of those who have experience of both
  • True
  • False
Utilitarianism is a moral theory that holds that we ought to promote utility and not pleasure
  • True
  • False
According to Bentham, some pleasures may be more valuable than others but only in so far as they are of greater intensity or duration.
  • True
  • False
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