2025 PAR EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
ConsequentialistA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
Teleological:ArightAandAwrongAdependsAonAtheAoutcome
LookingAatAoutcomeAMoralityAisAbasedAonAorAconcernedAwithAconsequences
Torture->oneAdeathAvsA100,000Adeaths->goodAoutcomeA(actionAjustified)
TwoAtheories:Aegotism-self,Autilitarianism-everyoneAisAinvolved
NonconsequentialistA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
deontological:ArightAandAwrongAbasedAonAtheAactionAitself
LookingAatAtheAact.AMoralityAisAnotAbasedAonAorAconcernedAwithAconsequences
Torture->oneAdeathAvsA100,000AdeathsA->AbadAoutcomeA(notAjustified)
ThreeAtheories:Aconsistency,AhumanAdignity,Auniversality
EgotismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-humansAareAalwaysAmotivatedAbyAself-
interest,AevenAinAwhatAseemAtoAbeAactsAofAaltruism
EthicalAegotismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-moralAagentsAshouldAtoAdoAwhatAisAinAtheirAownAself-
interestA(notAaAworkingAtheory)
psychologicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-peopleAcanAonlyAactAinAtheirAself-
interest.AnotAanAethicalAtheory,AscientificAtheory
IndividualAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-everyoneAshouldAactAinAmyAself-interest
PersonalAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-IAshouldAactAinAmyAownAself-
interest,AbutAmakeAnoAclaimsAaboutAwhatAanyoneAelseAshouldAdo
Universal/rationalAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
everyoneAshouldAalwaysAactAinAhisAorAherAownAself-interest
, AynARandA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
TheAforemostAexponentAofAuniversalAethicalAegoismA(whichAsheAcalledArationalAethicalAegoism).ASelf-
interestsAofArationalAhumanAbeings,AbyAvirtueAofAtheirAbeingArational,AwillAneverAconflict.AThatAtheoryAdoes
AnotAaddressAtheAveryArealAconflictsAthatAdoAactuallyAariseAinAourAcrowdedAandAinterdependentAsocieties
UtilitarianismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA--
maintainsAthatAeveryoneAshouldAfollowAthatAmoralAruleAwhichAwillAbringAaboutAtheAgreatestAgoodA(orAhap
piness)AforAeveryoneAconcerned.A
-
WhenAchoosingAaAcourseAofAaction,AalwaysApickAtheAoneAthatAwillAmaximizeAhappinessAandAminimizeAunha
ppinessAforAtheAgreatestAnumberAofApeople.A
-InterestedAinAtheACONSEQUENCESAofAourAactions
JeremyABenthamA(1748-A1832)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-EnglishAjuristAandAphilosopher
•ADevelopedAutilitarianism
•AMaximizeAhappinessAandAminimizeAunhappinessAforAasAmanyAasApossible
•AWhatAisAgoodAisApleasurableAandAwhatAisAbadAisApainfulA-Ahedonism
•AHedonisticAutilitarianism
JohnAStuartAMillA(1806-1873)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA--EnglishAphilosopherAandAeconomist
-BelievingAthatAutilitarianismAwasAtheAonlyAreasonableAmoralAsystemA-
WeAshouldn'tAlookAatAtheAacts,AbutAratherAatAtheAconsequences.
-ASystemAofALogicA(1834)
-APrinciplesAofAPoliticalAEconomy
(1848)
-AOnALibertyA(1859)
-ATheASbjectionAofAWomenA(1869)
MillAmakesAatAleastAtwoAimportantAmodificationsAinABentham'sAutilitarianism:
1.AHeArejectsAtheAattemptAtoAassignAnumberAvaluesAtoApleasuresAandApains.
2.AHeAmakesAaAveryAimportantAdistinctionAbetweenAtheAqualityAofAaApleasureAandAitsAquality.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
ConsequentialistA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
Teleological:ArightAandAwrongAdependsAonAtheAoutcome
LookingAatAoutcomeAMoralityAisAbasedAonAorAconcernedAwithAconsequences
Torture->oneAdeathAvsA100,000Adeaths->goodAoutcomeA(actionAjustified)
TwoAtheories:Aegotism-self,Autilitarianism-everyoneAisAinvolved
NonconsequentialistA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
deontological:ArightAandAwrongAbasedAonAtheAactionAitself
LookingAatAtheAact.AMoralityAisAnotAbasedAonAorAconcernedAwithAconsequences
Torture->oneAdeathAvsA100,000AdeathsA->AbadAoutcomeA(notAjustified)
ThreeAtheories:Aconsistency,AhumanAdignity,Auniversality
EgotismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-humansAareAalwaysAmotivatedAbyAself-
interest,AevenAinAwhatAseemAtoAbeAactsAofAaltruism
EthicalAegotismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-moralAagentsAshouldAtoAdoAwhatAisAinAtheirAownAself-
interestA(notAaAworkingAtheory)
psychologicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-peopleAcanAonlyAactAinAtheirAself-
interest.AnotAanAethicalAtheory,AscientificAtheory
IndividualAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-everyoneAshouldAactAinAmyAself-interest
PersonalAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-IAshouldAactAinAmyAownAself-
interest,AbutAmakeAnoAclaimsAaboutAwhatAanyoneAelseAshouldAdo
Universal/rationalAethicalAegoismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
everyoneAshouldAalwaysAactAinAhisAorAherAownAself-interest
, AynARandA(essayAquestion)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
TheAforemostAexponentAofAuniversalAethicalAegoismA(whichAsheAcalledArationalAethicalAegoism).ASelf-
interestsAofArationalAhumanAbeings,AbyAvirtueAofAtheirAbeingArational,AwillAneverAconflict.AThatAtheoryAdoes
AnotAaddressAtheAveryArealAconflictsAthatAdoAactuallyAariseAinAourAcrowdedAandAinterdependentAsocieties
UtilitarianismA-ACORRECTAANSWERA--
maintainsAthatAeveryoneAshouldAfollowAthatAmoralAruleAwhichAwillAbringAaboutAtheAgreatestAgoodA(orAhap
piness)AforAeveryoneAconcerned.A
-
WhenAchoosingAaAcourseAofAaction,AalwaysApickAtheAoneAthatAwillAmaximizeAhappinessAandAminimizeAunha
ppinessAforAtheAgreatestAnumberAofApeople.A
-InterestedAinAtheACONSEQUENCESAofAourAactions
JeremyABenthamA(1748-A1832)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-EnglishAjuristAandAphilosopher
•ADevelopedAutilitarianism
•AMaximizeAhappinessAandAminimizeAunhappinessAforAasAmanyAasApossible
•AWhatAisAgoodAisApleasurableAandAwhatAisAbadAisApainfulA-Ahedonism
•AHedonisticAutilitarianism
JohnAStuartAMillA(1806-1873)A-ACORRECTAANSWERA--EnglishAphilosopherAandAeconomist
-BelievingAthatAutilitarianismAwasAtheAonlyAreasonableAmoralAsystemA-
WeAshouldn'tAlookAatAtheAacts,AbutAratherAatAtheAconsequences.
-ASystemAofALogicA(1834)
-APrinciplesAofAPoliticalAEconomy
(1848)
-AOnALibertyA(1859)
-ATheASbjectionAofAWomenA(1869)
MillAmakesAatAleastAtwoAimportantAmodificationsAinABentham'sAutilitarianism:
1.AHeArejectsAtheAattemptAtoAassignAnumberAvaluesAtoApleasuresAandApains.
2.AHeAmakesAaAveryAimportantAdistinctionAbetweenAtheAqualityAofAaApleasureAandAitsAquality.