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WorksheetsUtilitarianism Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
During which century did John Stuart Mill write Utilitarianism?
The 17th
The 12th
The 19th
The 20th
Which writer was a major proponent of the theory of utilitarianism?
Jeremy Bentham
Karl Marx
Immanuel Kant
John Rawls
Which of the following does Mill present as a potential criticism of utilitarianism?
It cannot account for the differences between higher and lower pleasures
It is a godless theory
Virtue is more important than happiness
All of the above
Mill argues that justice is:
a less important consideration than practical utility
valuable because it is socially useful
valuable by a standard that exists independent of utility
at odds with social utility
An example of an "internal sanction" would be
the fear of going to jail for bad actions
the fear of being punished by God for bad actions
the guilt of one's own conscience for bad actions
All of the above
Mill notes that the foundational principles of science are as hotly debated as those of morality. However, he argues, the difference between the two debates is that:
The lack of first principles is more serious in the case of morality
The lack of first principles is more serious in the case of science
Morality does not need first principles at all
Science does not need first principles at all
The utility can be defined as:
Usefulness, in opposition to pleasure
Fulfillment of animalistic desires
pleasure and the absence of pain.
a constant state of rapturous excitement.
Utilitarianism dictates that actions are morally good
when they promote the actor's interests and well-being.
when they promote general happiness.
when they are performed by a virtuous person.
when they reflect the following of a just principle, regardless of the consequences.
In response to the criticism that the most virtuous people have been martyrs who gave up their happiness, Mill replies
that martyrdom is only valuable because they sacrificed their own happiness for the general good.
that martyrdom is actually not virtuous.
that martyrs are always much happier than other people.
that virtue is not a morally valid standard of judgment.
Which of the following actions would Mill judge as morally the best?
Saving a person from drowning out of a sense of moral duty.
Saving a person from drowning out of a desire for celebrity.
Saving a person from drowning out of a desire for celebrity.
All three actions are equally good.
