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