Exploring Mill's Utilitarianism Argument

What is the principle of utility according to Mill?

• Actions are right if they promote virtue.

• Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness.

• Actions are right if they promote wealth.

• Actions are right if they promote power.

How does Mill justify that happiness is desirable?

• By claiming that happiness is a natural right.

• By asserting that each person desires their own happiness.

• By stating that happiness is a divine command.

• By arguing that happiness is a societal norm.

What is Mill's view on the relationship between virtue and happiness?

• Virtue is independent of happiness.

• Virtue is originally pursued because it produces happiness.

• Virtue is more important than happiness.

• Virtue is unrelated to happiness.

What is the fallacy of composition as discussed in Mill's proof?

• Assuming what is true for a part is true for the whole.

• Assuming what is true for the whole is true for a part.

• Assuming that happiness is the only end of human action.

• Assuming that virtue is the only end of human action.

What is the is–ought gap in ethics?

• The gap between what is legal and what is moral.

• The gap between what is factually the case and what ought to be the case.

• The gap between what is desired and what is achieved.

• The gap between what is known and what is unknown.

What does Mill argue about the ends such as virtue, money, or music?

• They are ends in themselves, unrelated to happiness.

• They are originally pursued because they produce happiness.

• They are more important than happiness.

• They are irrelevant to human action.

What is the naturalistic fallacy according to Moore?

• Equating what is natural with what is good.

• Equating what is legal with what is good.

• Equating what is desired with what is good.

• Equating what is common with what is good.

What does Mill mean by "happiness is a good to the aggregate of all persons"?

• Happiness is only good for individuals.

• General happiness is a good for all people collectively.

• Happiness is irrelevant to society.

• Happiness is only good for society, not individuals.

What is a formal fallacy?

• An error in the content of an argument.

• An error in the form of an argument.

• An error in the presentation of an argument.

• An error in the conclusion of an argument.

According to Mill, why might people regard money as an end of all action?

• Because it is a societal norm.

• Because it is originally pursued for the happiness it brings.

• Because it is a divine command.

• Because it is a natural right.