"Utilitarianism and Integrity" Self-Quiz

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. Which of the following isnt a potential problem for cases in ethics, for Williams?

Cases arent often reflective of everyday life correct incorrect

Arbitrarily cutting off and restricting the range of alternative courses of actions correct incorrect

Cutting off questions about how the agent got into the situation in the first place correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What problem does Williams hope to highlight with his two cases?

That it is important that we think through cases with more than just one ethical theory correct incorrect

That integrity gets in the way of making the right choice correct incorrect

That utilitarianism makes integrity unintelligible as a value correct incorrect

That sometimes one must sacrifice themselves for the greater good correct incorrect

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. Why, according to Williams, is the utilitarians appeal to squeamishness unsettling?

Because our moral relation to the world is partly given by such feelings correct incorrect

Because our sense of what we can and cannot live with is essential to our moral identity correct incorrect

Because to lose a sense of what we can and cannot “live with” threatens our integrity correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Why is it invalid for a utilitarian to appeal to precedent effect as a reason not to do something?

Because it would undermine ones integrity correct incorrect

Because by utilitarian logic, an action should only lead people to act likewise in similar situations correct incorrect

Because ones moral identity means having a sense of what one can and cannot live with correct incorrect

It isnt an invalid thing for utilitarians to appeal to, according to Williams correct incorrect

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. Even if all worthwhile projects conduce to happiness, according to Williams, this doesnt imply . . .

These projects are themselves projects of pursuing happiness. correct incorrect

These projects are essential to ones moral identity. correct incorrect

These projects are ones commitments. correct incorrect

These projects should be privileged over maximizing the happiness of others. correct incorrect

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. Williams doubts that the use of cases in ethics can ever be effective.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Williams suggests that utilitarianism runs the risk of making the value of integrity unintelligible.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Utilitarians will say that George shouldnt accept the job that he finds morally problematic and that Jim shouldnt kill one of the captives to save the other nineteen.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect