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WorksheetsUtilitarianism Y9
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the main focus of utilitarianism?
Intentions
Outcomes
Rules
Emotions
What form of ethics is Utilitarianism?
Deontology
Virtue ethics
Relativism
Consequentialism
According to Utilitarianism, what does the most ethical choice produce?
The highest profit
The least harm for the best people
The greatest good for the greatest number
The most pleasure for the most worthy
What is one of the limitations of utilitarianism?
Lack of moral reasoning
Inability to consider consequences
Difficulty in predicting the future
Inability to account for individual rights
Utilitarianism has trouble accounting for values such as?
Happiness and pleasure
Justice and individual rights
Intentions and motives
Consequences and outcomes
What is the scenario presented to illustrate the limitations of utilitarianism?
A person donating organs to save multiple lives
A person avoiding the hospital
A person refusing to donate organs
A person receiving organ transplants
What is the main reason utilitarianism is used to justify military force or war?
It prioritizes justice
It considers consequences
It accounts for individual rights
It focuses on intentions
What example did Phillipa Foot use in her Utilitarianism thought experiment?
A criminal in court
a runaway trolley/train
A group of people in a falling hot air balloon
A doctor needing to save a patient's life
Who is considered as the founder of modern utilitarianism?
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
What is the 'Hedonic Calculus' in the context of utilitarianism?
A method for measuring pleasure
A formula for calculating moral worth
A tool for predicting future outcomes
A system for evaluating individual rights
