Utilitarianism Quizzes

Utilitarianism Quiz 1

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

David Hume

Jeremy Bentham

Aristotle
2 The underlying principles of utilitarianism can be most closely categorized as:
deontological

egoism

non-real

hedonism
3 John Stuart Mill was born in:
1786

1806

1816

1856
4 Subjectivism contrasts with:
a priori knowledge

moral candor

objectivism

a posteriori knowledge
5 The ancient philosopher most closely associated with Mill's moral theory is:
Plato

Demosthenes

Epicurus

Aristotle
6 Utilitarianism is an example of a _________ moral theory.
consequentialist

reductionist

deontological

supervenient
7 A major difference between the moral theories of Bentham and Mill is that:
Mill acknowledges a qualitative difference in kinds of pleasure.

Mill was an ardent follower of Kant.

Bentham's theory was deontological.

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

despotism

democracy

monarchy
9 A strength of Mill's theory is that:
it rejects hedonism.

it minimizes the importance of pleasure.

it minimizes the significance of pain.

it has strong cross-cultural applicability.
10 Mill's theory presupposes:
moral decidability.

moral nihilism.

moral skepticism.

moral agnosticism.
11 The application of utilitarianism demands that the agent utilize:
the first formulation of the categorical imperative.

faith.

reason.

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

abductive

deductive

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

inductive

imperative

rule
14 Mill believes that ____ must follow ____
metaethics; moral theory

moral theory; first moral principles

moral theory; metaethics

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

metaphysical analysis; scientific theory

first moral principles; metaphysical analysis

moral theory; scientific theory
16 The consequentialist framework of utilitarianism is largely based on:
Mill's goal of refuting the results of Kurt Goedel's incompleteness theorems.

Mill's general agreement with Hume's epistemology.

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

Mill's problems with the metaphysics of Kant.
17 Mill believes that Kant's metaphysics of ethics implicitly relies on:
expedience.

logic.

utility.

Humian epistemology.
18 According to Smith, moral theory must be proven by:
an appeal to our intellectual faculties.

empirical scientific analysis.

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

a simple feeling of what is intuitively right.
19 The central tenet of utilitarianism is:
the categorical imperative

dualism

the greatest happiness principle

the principle of the common cause
20 Mill believes one major concept which must be explained in utilitarian terms if the theory is to hold water is:
axiomatics.

aesthetics.

sympathy.

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

a cause.

an end.

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

a posteriori

relativistic

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

emotive

a priori

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

ethics

metaphysics

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

metaphysics

metaethics

ethics

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