H RMPS util revision

Is Bentham associated with Act or Rule Utilitarianism

• Act

• Rule

The hedonic principle is based on:

• Consequences

• Pleasure

• Equality

Who said "It is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied"

• Bentham

• Sidgewick

• Ross

• Mill

Bentham's starting point for this ethical theory was...

• A claim about how society should function

• A claim about what is absolutely right

• A claim about the psychology of human beings

• A claim about what God wants

Bentham thought that human beings naturally...

• Sought to serve their own preferences

• Sought to make friends

• Sought to abide by the will of God

• Sought to secure pleasure and avoid pain

Three underlying principles of utilitarianism are...

• Democracy, Hedonism and Equity

• Equity, Hedonism and Teleology

• Hedonism, Equity and Deontology

• Hedonism, Equity and Consequentialism

'The greatest happiness for the greatest number' is know as...

• The Utility Happiness Principle

• The Aggregate Happiness Principle

• The Greatest Happiness Principle

• The Mediocre Happiness Principle

What is an intrinsic good?

• Something that is good in itself

• Something that is good because it leads to something even better.

• Something that is good because it leads to pleasure

• Something that is good because Bentham said so.

The Equity Principle states that...

• The morality of an action depends on whether it produces favourable consequences

• Everybody's pleasure is of equal worth and consideration

• Everybody's pleasure is NOT of equal worth and consideration

• The right action is that which secures maximum pleasure.

Consequentialism is the doctrine that...

• Actions are right insofar as they serve your own best interests.

• Actions are right insofar as they adhere to God's laws.

• Actions are right insofar as help you develop your character.

• Actions are right insofar as they produce favourable consequences.