Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Scanlon, an act is right if and only if:

it is mutually agreed upon in an explicit contract.

it is consistent with natural law.

it can be justified to others.

all of the above.

Scanlon envisions contractualism as an alternative primarily to:

deontology.

utilitarianism.

contractarianism.

egoism.

To decide whether there are reasonable grounds to reject a principle, Scanlon argues that we must consider the burdens that would be imposed on people if it were rejected in favor of an alternative principle. Scanlon calls these burdens:

objections to prohibition.

rejection conditions.

objections to permission.

sanctions.

For contractualism, considerations of individual well-being are:

irrelevant to assessing moral principles.

the most fundamental consideration for assessing moral principles.

the only relevant consideration for assessing moral principles.

none of the above.

In Section 6, Scanlon considers an objection according to which contractualism:

is objectionably circular.

is too difficult to apply in practice.

is too demanding.

leads to morally counter-intuitive results.

In contrast to utilitarianism, contractualism:

rejects well-being as morally irrelevant.

rejects aggregation in moral reasoning.

makes use of generic reasons.

all of the above.

Aggregation in moral reasoning is employed by:

both contractualism and utilitarianism.

neither contractualism nor utilitarianism.

contractualism but not utilitarianism.

utilitarianism but not contractualism.

According to Scanlon's analysis of the transmitter room accident example:

Jones should be rescued immediately because his pain outweighs the total amount of dissatisfaction his rescue would cause.

Jones should be rescued immediately because his pain is more significant than the dissatisfaction any one of the World Cup viewers would experience as a result of his rescue.

Jones should be rescued after the World Cup match because the total amount of dissatisfaction his rescue would cause outweighs his pain.

Jones should be rescued after the World Cup match because his injury will not be any worse then.

Quiz Content