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Utilitarianism: True/False & Multiple Choice Quiz

1. The document contains 10 true/false statements and 10 multiple choice questions about utilitarianism and related ethical theories. 2. It addresses concepts like teleological ethics, the principle of utility, higher and lower pleasures, and thinkers like Bentham, Mill, Kant, and their differing approaches to ethics. 3. The true/false questions and multiple choice answers test understanding of these concepts and the differences between utilitarianism, deontology, and other ethical frameworks.

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Utilitarianism: True/False & Multiple Choice Quiz

1. The document contains 10 true/false statements and 10 multiple choice questions about utilitarianism and related ethical theories. 2. It addresses concepts like teleological ethics, the principle of utility, higher and lower pleasures, and thinkers like Bentham, Mill, Kant, and their differing approaches to ethics. 3. The true/false questions and multiple choice answers test understanding of these concepts and the differences between utilitarianism, deontology, and other ethical frameworks.

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True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement js wrong.

1. Utilitarianism is teleological.

2. Utilitarianism does not allow for exception to the rule even if justified by the consequences.

3. Utilitarianism is compatible to Kantian ethics.

4. Cheating is justified in utilitarianism if it will maximize pleasures and minimize pains.

5. Utilitarianism states that the total number of outcomes should be considered before an act can be
declared to be right or wrong.

6. ‘Higher pleasures’ means intellectual, which includes: artistic, political, and spiritual pleasures.

7. Utilitarianism determines the moral value of an act by the nature of the . act itself. |

8. The concepts pleasure and pain define the scope and limit of Bentham’s ethical system.

9. Kant declared, “it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates
dissatisfied than a fool satisfied”.

10. Mill proposes that “happiness and unhappiness” are the basis for good and evil.

I). Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. He proposed that an act is justified by the person's motive to perform his duty:

a. Kant.

b. Bentham

c. Mill

d. Hume

2. It judges the rightness of an act in terms of an external goal or purpose.

a. Deontological ethics

b. Thomistic ethics

c. Teleological ethics

d. Kantian ethics
3. He is the most famous Proponent of utilitarianism after Bentham.

a. James Mill

b. David Hume

c. John Stuart Mill

d. John Rawls

4. it argues that the right course of action is one that maximizes overall happiness.

a. Consequentialist ethics

b. Utilitarian ethics

c. Teleological ethical system

d. Kantian ethics

5. Mill advocates this principle which states that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that
is the measure of right and wrong.

a. Secondary Principle

b. Hedonic calculus

c. Principle of Socrates

d. The greatest happiness

6. The Latin term utilis principle

a. helpful b. useful c. resourceful d. harmful

7. They believe in the natural law or natural rights which render some acts as immoral.

a. Consequentialists

b. Absolutists

c. Utilitarians

d. none of these

8. it refers to sensual, bodily, and physical pleasures.


a. higher pleasures

b. lower pleasures

c. quantitative utilitarian

d. all the above

9. Animals, too, can experience this pleasure; such as those from food, drink and Sex.

a. lower pleasures

b. higher pleasures

c. quantitative utilitarian

d. none of the above

10. Past experiences teach us which kinds of action promote happiness and which do not.

a. Principle of utility

b. Secondary principles

c. The greatest happiness

d. Hedonistic

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