Utilitarianism Quizzes

Utilitarianism Quiz 1

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1 The theory of utilitarianism prior to Mill was articulated most famously by:

David Hume

Aristotle

Immanuel Kant

Jeremy Bentham
2 The underlying principles of utilitarianism can be most closely categorized as:

non-real

egoism

deontological

hedonism
3 John Stuart Mill was born in:

1806

1816

1856

1786
4 Subjectivism contrasts with:

a posteriori knowledge

a priori knowledge

moral candor

objectivism
5 The ancient philosopher most closely associated with Mill's moral theory is:

Demosthenes

Aristotle

Epicurus

Plato
6 Utilitarianism is an example of a _________ moral theory.

deontological

reductionist

consequentialist

supervenient
7 A major difference between the moral theories of Bentham and Mill is that:

Mill was an ardent follower of Kant.

Bentham wrote his theory after Mill.

Mill acknowledges a qualitative difference in kinds of pleasure.

Bentham's theory was deontological.
8 Mill's moral theory is compatible with his political theory in that utilitarianism a priori seems to support:

democracy

oligarchy

monarchy

despotism
9 A strength of Mill's theory is that:

it has strong cross-cultural applicability.

it rejects hedonism.

it minimizes the importance of pleasure.

it minimizes the significance of pain.
10 Mill's theory presupposes:

moral nihilism.

moral agnosticism.

moral skepticism.

moral decidability.
11 The application of utilitarianism demands that the agent utilize:

reason.

intuition.

faith.

the first formulation of the categorical imperative.
12 Of the distinct types of utilitarianism as understood today, one is _____ utilitarianism.

deductive

abductive

hypothetical

act
13 Of the distinct types of utilitarianism as understood today, one is _____ utilitarianism.

imperative

causal

rule

inductive
14 Mill believes that ____ must follow ____

moral theory; first moral principles

metaethics; moral theory

moral theory; metaethics

first moral principles; moral theory
15 Mill believes that ____ must follow ____

moral theory; scientific theory

first moral principles; metaphysical analysis

scientific theory; metaphysical analysis

metaphysical analysis; scientific theory
16 The consequentialist framework of utilitarianism is largely based on:

Mill's general agreement with Hume's epistemology.

Mill's problems with the metaphysics of Kant.

Mill's belief in the directionality of moral theory to first principles.

Mill's goal of refuting the results of Kurt Goedel's incompleteness theorems.
17 Mill believes that Kant's metaphysics of ethics implicitly relies on:

expedience.

utility.

Humian epistemology.

logic.
18 According to Smith, moral theory must be proven by:

empirical scientific analysis.

a simple feeling of what is intuitively right.

Smith does not believe that proof is an applicable concept to moral discourse.

an appeal to our intellectual faculties.
19 The central tenet of utilitarianism is:

the greatest happiness principle

the principle of the common cause

the categorical imperative

dualism
20 Mill believes one major concept which must be explained in utilitarian terms if the theory is to hold water is:

aesthetics.

sympathy.

justice.

axiomatics.
21 Smith does not believe the concept of virtue conflicts with utilitarianism because virtue can come to be:

an end.

a cause.

a means.

epiphenomenal.
22 Knowledge that is obtained without experience is classified as:

a posteriori

a priori

relativistic

emotive
23 Knowledge that is obtained as a result of experience is classified as:

a posteriori

hypothetical

emotive

a priori
24 The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of absolute reality is:

ethics

ontology

metaphysics

epistemology
25 The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge is:

metaethics

ethics

metaphysics

epistemology

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