Bentham Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Most philosophers believe that intentions are important when judging the morality of an action, but for utilitarians the sole criterion is the action's consequences. - True Which of the following expressions would you be most likely to hear utilitarians using to justify their actions? - "The ends justify the means." Which of the following factors should be taken into consideration when performing Bentham's utilitarian calculus? - The intensity of pleasure. In the early 1960s during tim...

CSTU 101 FinalIndustrialism - correct answer -first revolution takes place in Great Britain -second revolution around the world materialism - correct answer the belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness George Hegel - correct answer -German and philosophical ideal "workings of the mind" -"the real is rational, the rational is real" -"dialectic" Karl Marx - correct answer -wrote Das Kapital and The Communist...

CSTU 101 FINAL EXAM - correct answer When was the Age of Industry? Materialism - correct answer What is the belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness? Georg Hegel - correct answer What German and philosophical idealist created the idea that reality is grounded in the working of the mind? Georg Hegel - correct answer Who was responsible for the phrase, "The real is rational. The rational is real"? Dialectic - cor...

Test Bank for Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene 3rd Edition by Kimbrough, All Chapters Covered: ISBN-10 4 ISBN-13 978-6, A+ guide Chapter One Test Name Multiple Choice/True-False: 1. Utilitarianism is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 2. Kantian ethics is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 3. Virtue ethics is ba...

CSTU 101 Walker (final exam) - correct answer The Age of Industry The belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness. - correct answer Materialism - German and philosophical idealist - responsible for the phrase "The real is rational, the rational is real." - The "mind engaged in a creative struggle with history's materials and circumstances" what Hegel calls the "dialectic" - correct answer Georg Hegel believed ...

Phil 235 - Biomedical Ethics Questions & Answe Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham - ANSWER-- a consequence-based theory in which the rightness or wrongness of actions is determined by the outcome of the actions. - cost-benefit analysis principle of utility - ANSWER-the belief that we ought to maximize benefit or good consequences and minimize harm or negative consequences for the greatest number of individuals affected by a situation or our actions. - actions are right in pro...

ETHC 3P82 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers Bentham quote: - ANSWER "greatest good for the greatest number." J.S Mill quote: - ANSWER "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." When faced with a decision you should: - ANSWER - Consider the available options - Estimate the good and the harms that arise from each option - Then, select the option that produces better...

CSTU 101 FinalIndustrialism - correct answer -first revolution takes place in Great Britain -second revolution around the world materialism - correct answer the belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness George Hegel - correct answer -German and philosophical ideal "workings of the mind" -"the real is rational, the rational is real" -"dialectic" Karl Marx - correct answer -wrote Das Kapital and The Communist...

Test Bank for Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene 3rd Edition by Kimbrough, All Chapters Covered: ISBN-10 4 ISBN-13 978-6, A+ guide Chapter One Test Name Multiple Choice/True-False: 1. Utilitarianism is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 2. Kantian ethics is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 3. Virtue ethics is ba...

Test Bank for Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene 3rd Edition by Kimbrough, All Chapters Covered: ISBN-10 4 ISBN-13 978-6, A+ guide Chapter One Test Name Multiple Choice/True-False: 1. Utilitarianism is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 2. Kantian ethics is concerned with a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges. 3. Virtue ethics is ba...