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WorksheetsPHIL 101 Quiz #5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
The view that actions or inactions that have more negative outcomes than positive are morally wrong and if they have more positive outcomes than negative then they are morally right.
rule utilitarianism
categorical imperative
consequentialism
act utilitarianism
Believes that the action that produces the most utility/happiness would be the morally right action:
Bernard Williams
Jeremy Bentham
J.J.C. Smart
John Stuart Mill
The view that the morally right action is the action that produces the most good.
contradiction of concepts
categorical imperative
principle of utility
foreseeable consequence utilitarians
A style of ethics that defines actions as right (what we ought to do) or wrong (what we ought not to do) based on rules.
utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism
deontology
categorical imperative
Evaluates moral rightness or wrongness of an action based on what can be reasonably predicted.
rule utilitarian
foreseeable consequence utilitarian
deontologist
actual consequence utilitarian
A form of consequentialism which evaluates the moral rightness or wrongness of an act based on whether the outcome of that act harms or benefits more people.
utilitarianism
consequentialism
principle of utility
deontology
The belief that the action that produces the most utility/happiness would be the morally right action.
utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism
actual consequence utilitarianism
act utilitarianism
Argues that one's action can be rationalized to distinguish a situation that is either based actual consequence utilitarians or foreseeable consequence utilitarians.
John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
J.J.C. Smart
Bernard Williams
British Philosopher who provided a critique of utilitarianism:
Bernard Williams
Jeremy Bentham
J.J.C. Smart
John Stuart Mill
Evaluates the moral rightness or wrongness of an act based on the real outcomes of the act.
rule utilitarians
actual consequence utilitarians
foreseeable consequence utilitarians
act utilitarians
He developed deontology which is one of the most common traditional ethical theories that focuses on rules and duty
Jeremy Bentham
Immanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill
J.J.C. Smart
An ethical guideline developed by Immanuel Kant under which commands you must follow, regardless of your desires.
hypothetical imperative
maxim
deon
categorical imperative
A rule or principle of action:
principle of utility
categorical imperative
maxim
hypothetical imperative
An imperative that tells us what we should do if we have certain desires
categorical imperative
maxim
principle of utility
hypothetical imperative
Means that if you do an action, then everyone else should also be able to do it.
principle of utility
maxim
universalizability principle
hypothetical imperative
