10 Questions
Utilitarians identify the Good with wealth and material possessions.
False
Consequentialists believe that choices are to be morally assessed solely by the intentions behind them.
False
Conventional utilitarians believe that how the Good is distributed among persons is partly constitutive of the Good.
False
Consequentialists can differ widely in terms of specifying the Good, some being pluralists regarding the Good.
True
Consequentialists believe that the doing or refraining from doing certain kinds of acts are themselves intrinsically valuable states of affairs constitutive of the Good.
True
Consequentialism erases the difference between consequentialism and deontology.
False
Consequentialists generally agree that the Good is 'agent-specific'.
False
Consequentialism is criticized for being overly demanding and not demanding enough.
True
Consequentialists believe that there is a realm of moral permissions and moral indifference.
False
Critics of consequentialism consider it a profoundly alienating and self-effacing moral theory.
True
This quiz provides an overview of consequentialism and its criticisms, serving as a prelude to the study of deontological theories. It explores the moral assessment of choices based on the states of affairs they bring about and the problems that motivate deontological opponents.
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