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What is the primary concern of Utilitarianism?
What is the primary concern of Utilitarianism?
- Identifying the standard for right action (correct)
- Calculating the long-run consequences of actions
- Pursuing intellectual and aesthetic pleasures
- Maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain
What is a practical problem in applying Utilitarian theory?
What is a practical problem in applying Utilitarian theory?
- Recognizing the importance of intellectual pleasures
- Determining the standard for right action
- Pursuing sensual pleasures over noble ends
- Calculating the utilities of alternative actions (correct)
What does the term 'utility' encompass, according to the text?
What does the term 'utility' encompass, according to the text?
- Only social pleasures
- Only sensual pleasures
- Only intellectual and aesthetic pleasures
- Pleasure and the absence of pain in the broadest sense (correct)
What is the 'doctrine of swine' objection to Utilitarianism?
What is the 'doctrine of swine' objection to Utilitarianism?
Why is it difficult to determine the right course of action in a particular situation?
Why is it difficult to determine the right course of action in a particular situation?
What is the goal of Utilitarianism as a normative ethical theory?
What is the goal of Utilitarianism as a normative ethical theory?
What is the main criticism of Utilitarianism according to the 'objection' mentioned in the text?
What is the main criticism of Utilitarianism according to the 'objection' mentioned in the text?
What is Mill's response to the objection that Utilitarianism is a view of the good that is fit only for swine?
What is Mill's response to the objection that Utilitarianism is a view of the good that is fit only for swine?
What is the significance of the example about Bob and the six patients?
What is the significance of the example about Bob and the six patients?
What is the assumption made about Bob's life if he is not killed for his organs?
What is the assumption made about Bob's life if he is not killed for his organs?
What is the significance of Mill's distinction between sensual and intellectual pleasures?
What is the significance of Mill's distinction between sensual and intellectual pleasures?
What is the role of Bob's doctor in the thought experiment?
What is the role of Bob's doctor in the thought experiment?
What is the goal of Rule Utilitarianism?
What is the goal of Rule Utilitarianism?
What is the fundamental flaw in applying simple utilitarianism to the case of killing patients for organs?
What is the fundamental flaw in applying simple utilitarianism to the case of killing patients for organs?
According to Kant's moral theory, what is the only thing that has moral worth?
According to Kant's moral theory, what is the only thing that has moral worth?
What is the primary difference between Utilitarianism and Kant's moral theory?
What is the primary difference between Utilitarianism and Kant's moral theory?
Why would a rule that allows doctors to kill patients for organs have low utility?
Why would a rule that allows doctors to kill patients for organs have low utility?
What is the main advantage of Rule Utilitarianism over simple utilitarianism?
What is the main advantage of Rule Utilitarianism over simple utilitarianism?
What is the primary basis of Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory?
What is the primary basis of Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory?
What does Kant consider to be the only thing with intrinsic value?
What does Kant consider to be the only thing with intrinsic value?
What distinguishes a person of good will from a naturally generous philanthropist in Kant's view?
What distinguishes a person of good will from a naturally generous philanthropist in Kant's view?
What is the primary characteristic that gives people dignity and makes them worthy of moral regard in Kant's view?
What is the primary characteristic that gives people dignity and makes them worthy of moral regard in Kant's view?
What is the key difference between Kant's understanding of 'good will' and the everyday sense of the term?
What is the key difference between Kant's understanding of 'good will' and the everyday sense of the term?
Who would Kant consider to be demonstrating good will, according to his view?
Who would Kant consider to be demonstrating good will, according to his view?
What flaw do views based on authority share?
What flaw do views based on authority share?
What does moral relativism imply about right and wrong?
What does moral relativism imply about right and wrong?
What is the key difference between ethical pluralism and moral relativism?
What is the key difference between ethical pluralism and moral relativism?
What is the outcome of moral relativism in practice?
What is the outcome of moral relativism in practice?
What is implied by the importance of happiness in the text?
What is implied by the importance of happiness in the text?
What is the main issue with views that say morality is based on authority?
What is the main issue with views that say morality is based on authority?
