Consequentialism and Ethics Quiz

According to consequentialists, moral values (moral rightness and wrongness) are determined by non-moral values (happiness, utility, etc.).

• True

• False

Teleological theories and consequential theories are in complete agreement regarding the determining factor of morality.

• True

• False

Consequentialism is also known as social hedonism.

• True

• False

Naturalistic theories claim that moral obligation is based on and derived from nature.

• True

• False

Hedonistic theories of morality are naturalistic.

• True

• False

Qualitative hedonists make a distinction between higher and lower pleasures.

• True

• False

The perfect meal for Epicurus would be a big Thanksgiving meal.

• True

• False

A 'negative' pleasure is an absence of a pain.

• True

• False

A Cyrenaic would agree with the phrase “Eat, drink, and be merry.”

• True

• False

Some egoists are genuinely altruistic.

• True

• False