Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

1. What is the main principle of Utilitarianism?

A) The social contract
B) The categorical imperative
C) The golden mean
D) The greatest happiness principle

2. Who is the author of 'Utilitarianism'?

A) Immanuel Kant
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Friedrich Nietzsche
D) John Stuart Mill

3. What does Mill identify as higher pleasures?

A) Physical pleasures
B) Sensory pleasures
C) Intellectual and moral pleasures
D) Material pleasures

4. Mill differentiates between which two types of pleasures?

A) Immediate and delayed pleasures
B) Temporary and permanent pleasures
C) Higher and lower pleasures
D) Natural and artificial pleasures

5. In the context of Utilitarianism, what is 'utility'?

A) The overall well-being and happiness produced
B) The physical strength of a person
C) The amount of money earned
D) The level of education achieved

6. In Utilitarianism, how is the term 'greatest happiness' defined?

A) Maximizing pleasure for the greatest number
B) Ensuring absolute freedom for individuals
C) Maximizing total wealth in society
D) Eliminating all forms of pain

7. How does Mill respond to the objection that utilitarianism is a doctrine worthy only of swine?

A) He dismisses all forms of pleasure as unimportant
B) He supports only physical pleasure
C) He agrees and states that life is irrational
D) He argues for the superiority of higher pleasures

8. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their outcomes. What type of ethics is it considered?

A) Virtue ethics
B) Relativistic
C) Deontological
D) Consequentialist

9. What role does Mill assign to individual liberty?

A) Essential for personal happiness
B) A potential source of unhappiness
C) Irrelevant to utility
D) Secondary to societal control

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