TRUE/FALSE
1 : Utilitarianism is a relativistic moral theory, for it recognizes that what is good in some
circumstances is not always good in others.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
2 : The reason that Mill believes pleasure is the only intrinsic good is because he believes it is
the only thing that everyone desires for its own sake.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
3 : According to utilitarian moral theory, happiness is an instrumental good.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
4 : Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
5 : Utilitarianism says that utility is identical to pleasure.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
6 : According to utilitarianism, an act that makes some people happy and others unhappy can
never be morally right.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
7 : Both Bentham and Mill hold that some pleasures are better in kind than others.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
8 : According to act utilitarianism, if it produces more net utility (or happiness) to give money to
famine relief, even though I had promised to payback a friend with that money, then I ought to
give the money to the relief fund.
A : true
B : false
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, Correct Answer : A
9 : The following is an example of the reasoning of a rule utilitarian: If the practice of lying is
bad, then one ought not to lie now, even if in this case to lie would actually bring about better
consequences.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
10 : According to Bentham, some pleasures may be more valuable than others but only in so far
as they are of greater intensity or duration.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
11 : In his Utilitarianism Mill answers those who say that his theory is a crass pleasure theory, fit
only for beasts, by suggesting ways that humans make qualitative (and not just quantitative)
distinctions between types of pleasure.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
12 : According to Mill, the only evidence we have that something is desirable in itself (as an end)
is that people do, in fact, desire it.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
13 : In the reading from Utilitarianism Mill writes that we have learned by experience that murder
and theft are wrong because they are generally injurious to human happiness.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
14 : In his work, Utilitarianism, Mills test or basis for distinguishing higher from lower pleasures
is the preference of those who have experience of both.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
SHORT RESPONSE
15 : Label as the better choice on utilitarian calculations, A or B, using a scale of -10 (very
painful) to +10 (very pleasurable) for degrees of pleasure or happiness.A makes 5 people happy
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1 : Utilitarianism is a relativistic moral theory, for it recognizes that what is good in some
circumstances is not always good in others.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
2 : The reason that Mill believes pleasure is the only intrinsic good is because he believes it is
the only thing that everyone desires for its own sake.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
3 : According to utilitarian moral theory, happiness is an instrumental good.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
4 : Utilitarianism is an egoistic moral theory.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
5 : Utilitarianism says that utility is identical to pleasure.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
6 : According to utilitarianism, an act that makes some people happy and others unhappy can
never be morally right.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
7 : Both Bentham and Mill hold that some pleasures are better in kind than others.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
8 : According to act utilitarianism, if it produces more net utility (or happiness) to give money to
famine relief, even though I had promised to payback a friend with that money, then I ought to
give the money to the relief fund.
A : true
B : false
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, Correct Answer : A
9 : The following is an example of the reasoning of a rule utilitarian: If the practice of lying is
bad, then one ought not to lie now, even if in this case to lie would actually bring about better
consequences.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
10 : According to Bentham, some pleasures may be more valuable than others but only in so far
as they are of greater intensity or duration.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
11 : In his Utilitarianism Mill answers those who say that his theory is a crass pleasure theory, fit
only for beasts, by suggesting ways that humans make qualitative (and not just quantitative)
distinctions between types of pleasure.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
12 : According to Mill, the only evidence we have that something is desirable in itself (as an end)
is that people do, in fact, desire it.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
13 : In the reading from Utilitarianism Mill writes that we have learned by experience that murder
and theft are wrong because they are generally injurious to human happiness.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
14 : In his work, Utilitarianism, Mills test or basis for distinguishing higher from lower pleasures
is the preference of those who have experience of both.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
SHORT RESPONSE
15 : Label as the better choice on utilitarian calculations, A or B, using a scale of -10 (very
painful) to +10 (very pleasurable) for degrees of pleasure or happiness.A makes 5 people happy
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