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Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
Contributed by: Platt
  • 1. What is the main principle of Utilitarianism?
A) The categorical imperative
B) The golden mean
C) The social contract
D) The greatest happiness principle
  • 2. Who is the author of 'Utilitarianism'?
A) Immanuel Kant
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) John Stuart Mill
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 3. What does Mill identify as higher pleasures?
A) Physical pleasures
B) Sensory pleasures
C) Material pleasures
D) Intellectual and moral pleasures
  • 4. Mill differentiates between which two types of pleasures?
A) Immediate and delayed pleasures
B) Higher and lower pleasures
C) Temporary and permanent pleasures
D) Natural and artificial pleasures
  • 5. In the context of Utilitarianism, what is 'utility'?
A) The amount of money earned
B) The physical strength of a person
C) The level of education achieved
D) The overall well-being and happiness produced
  • 6. In Utilitarianism, how is the term 'greatest happiness' defined?
A) Ensuring absolute freedom for individuals
B) Maximizing total wealth in society
C) Eliminating all forms of pain
D) Maximizing pleasure for the greatest number
  • 7. How does Mill respond to the objection that utilitarianism is a doctrine worthy only of swine?
A) He agrees and states that life is irrational
B) He dismisses all forms of pleasure as unimportant
C) He argues for the superiority of higher pleasures
D) He supports only physical pleasure
  • 8. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their outcomes. What type of ethics is it considered?
A) Consequentialist
B) Relativistic
C) Deontological
D) Virtue ethics
  • 9. What role does Mill assign to individual liberty?
A) Essential for personal happiness
B) A potential source of unhappiness
C) Secondary to societal control
D) Irrelevant to utility
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