Utilitarianism Quizzes

Utilitarianism Quiz 1

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

Jeremy Bentham

David Hume

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

deontological

non-real

hedonism
3 John Stuart Mill was born in:
1806

1856

1786

1816
4 Subjectivism contrasts with:
a priori knowledge

a posteriori knowledge

moral candor

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

Plato

Aristotle

Demosthenes
6 Utilitarianism is an example of a _________ moral theory.
deontological

reductionist

supervenient

consequentialist
7 A major difference between the moral theories of Bentham and Mill is that:
Bentham wrote his theory after Mill.

Mill acknowledges a qualitative difference in kinds of pleasure.

Mill was an ardent follower of Kant.

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

monarchy

democracy

oligarchy
9 A strength of Mill's theory is that:
it minimizes the importance of pleasure.

it has strong cross-cultural applicability.

it rejects hedonism.

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

moral skepticism.

moral nihilism.

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

reason.

the first formulation of the categorical imperative.

faith.
12 Of the distinct types of utilitarianism as understood today, one is _____ utilitarianism.
deductive

act

hypothetical

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

causal

imperative

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

first moral principles; moral theory

moral theory; first moral principles

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

moral theory; scientific theory

scientific theory; metaphysical analysis

first moral principles; metaphysical analysis
16 The consequentialist framework of utilitarianism is largely based on:
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.

Mill's general agreement with Hume's epistemology.
17 Mill believes that Kant's metaphysics of ethics implicitly relies on:
utility.

expedience.

logic.

Humian epistemology.
18 According to Smith, moral theory must be proven by:
Smith does not believe that proof is an applicable concept to moral discourse.

empirical scientific analysis.

a simple feeling of what is intuitively right.

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

the greatest happiness principle

the principle of the common cause

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

aesthetics.

sympathy.

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

an end.

a cause.

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

relativistic

emotive

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

hypothetical

a priori

emotive
24 The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of absolute reality is:
metaphysics

epistemology

ontology

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

metaphysics

epistemology

ethics

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