Utilitarianism

Which of the following is not necessary to act morally according to utilitarianism?

According to utilitarianism, an act that makes some people happy and others unhappy can never be morally right.

What does the Principle of Utility state?

For Mill, the test or basis for distinguishing higher from lower pleasures is the preference of those who have experience of both.

According to utilitarians the right act is:

Nozick uses his example of a pleasure machine to:

One similarity between Act Utilitarianism and Rule Utilitarianism is that:

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 about better consequences."

Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.

Both ethical egoists and utilitarians are consequentialists.

Which of the following is not included in calculating the amount of happiness?

For Classical (early) Utilitarians, happiness and pleasure are the only:

Providing the "greatest good for the greatest number" sometimes means we will wind up treating a few people in a terribly unjust manner. This is a problem for

Utilitarianism rejects the claim that the end justifies the means.

A difficulty for all consequentialist theories is that

Rule Utilitarianism asks that we consider the consequences of each act

Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.

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.

According to utilitarianism which of the following is useful for evaluating the morality of an action?

What is an important difference between utilitarianism and ethical egoism?

Rule-utilitarians maintain that we must consider carefully the importance of:

Utilitarian ethical theory is what type of theory?