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PHIL 101 Quiz #5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

rule utilitarianism

b)

categorical imperative

c)

consequentialism

d)

act utilitarianism

2.

Believes that the action that produces the most utility/happiness would be the morally right action:

a)

Bernard Williams

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

J.J.C. Smart

d)

John Stuart Mill

3.

The view that the morally right action is the action that produces the most good.

a)

contradiction of concepts

b)

categorical imperative

c)

principle of utility

d)

foreseeable consequence utilitarians

4.

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.

a)

utilitarianism

b)

rule utilitarianism

c)

deontology

d)

categorical imperative

5.

Evaluates moral rightness or wrongness of an action based on what can be reasonably predicted.

a)

rule utilitarian

b)

foreseeable consequence utilitarian

c)

deontologist

d)

actual consequence utilitarian

6.

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.

a)

utilitarianism

b)

consequentialism

c)

principle of utility

d)

deontology

7.

The belief that the action that produces the most utility/happiness would be the morally right action.

a)

utilitarianism

b)

rule utilitarianism

c)

actual consequence utilitarianism

d)

act utilitarianism

8.

Argues that one's action can be rationalized to distinguish a situation that is either based actual consequence utilitarians or foreseeable consequence utilitarians.

a)

John Stuart Mill

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

J.J.C. Smart

d)

Bernard Williams

9.

British Philosopher who provided a critique of utilitarianism:

a)

Bernard Williams

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

J.J.C. Smart

d)

John Stuart Mill

10.

Evaluates the moral rightness or wrongness of an act based on the real outcomes of the act.

a)

rule utilitarians

b)

actual consequence utilitarians

c)

foreseeable consequence utilitarians

d)

act utilitarians

11.

He developed deontology which is one of the most common traditional ethical theories that focuses on rules and duty

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

J.J.C. Smart

12.

An ethical guideline developed by Immanuel Kant under which commands you must follow, regardless of your desires.

a)

hypothetical imperative

b)

maxim

c)

deon

d)

categorical imperative

13.

A rule or principle of action:

a)

principle of utility

b)

categorical imperative

c)

maxim

d)

hypothetical imperative

14.

An imperative that tells us what we should do if we have certain desires

a)

categorical imperative

b)

maxim

c)

principle of utility

d)

hypothetical imperative

15.

Means that if you do an action, then everyone else should also be able to do it.

a)

principle of utility

b)

maxim

c)

universalizability principle

d)

hypothetical imperative