Test 2

24 August 2022
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T/F Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.
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False
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T/F Utilitarianism is a moral theory that holds that we ought to promote utility (overall human happiness) and not just pleasure.
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True
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T/F According to Mill, the only way to prove that something is desirable in itself is to notice that people desire it.
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True
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T/F According to utilitarianism, an act that makes some people happy and other people unhappy can never be morally right.
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False
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T/F According to act utilitarianism if it produces more net utility or pleasure to give money that I have promised to return to a friend and instead give it to a famine relief, then I ought to give money to the famine relief.
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True
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T/ F The reason Mill believes that pleasure or happiness is the only intrinsic good is because he believes that it is the only thing that everyone desires for its own sake.
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True
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T/F Kant's first form of categorical imperative is universally binding.
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True
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T/F According to Kant, the shopkeeper who charges an equal price to all of her customers because she likes them is acting out of duty.
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False
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Which of the following was not one of the founders of utilitarianism? -DeCarte -Jeremy Bentham -John Stewart Mill
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DeCarte
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The idea that people have value comes from Kant's first or second categorical imperative?
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Second (Treat people as if they have value/don't use people as a means to an end)
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The trolley problem is used to illustrate which of the following? -the complexity of calculating morality using a cost benefit analysis -the basis of rule utilitarianism
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The complexity of calculating a cost benefit analysis (what gives people more happiness)
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According to utilitarianism, which of the following is useful for evaluating the morality of an action?
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The result, outcome, or consequence
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You can will to become universal law is known as Kant's first or second categorical imperative?
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First (I want all people at all times and all places to do what I am about to do, you want all people to follow it)
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Rule utilitarianism asks that we consider the consequences of each act as a what?
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General practice
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Which of the following is NOT necessary to act morally according to utilitarianism? -to produce the result that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people -to act with the right motive -to consider all people to be of equal value
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To act with the right motive
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A good paraphrase of Kant's second categorical imperative is what? -treat yourself well but watch out for others too -dont use people unless it is in their best interest
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Don't use people unless it is in their best interest
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According to Kant, which has the highest intrinsic value? -happiness -people
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People
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According to utilitarianism which has the highest intrinsic value? -happiness -people
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Happiness
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According to utilitarianism, which of the following is an intrinsic good? -love -justice -pleasure -power
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Pleasure
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Which of the following is not included in calculating the amount of happiness? -cost -intensity -likelihood -duration
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Cost
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Are moral laws prescriptive or descriptive?
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Prescriptive
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According to utilitarian moral theory, happiness is instrumental or intrinsic?
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Intrinsic
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Pleasure minus pain is used in what theory? -deontology -utilitarianism -natural law
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Utilitarianism
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Who believed that one must consider the quantity of pleasure or happiness brought about by various acts? -Kant -Bentham
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Bentham
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Utilitarianism
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-Bentham & Mill -Pleasure & Happiness
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Denotology
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-Emanuel Kant Categorical Imperatives: -Do I want all people at all times and all places to do what I am about to do? -People have value