Chapter 4 Self-Quiz

. Act-utilitarianism is the view that the rightness of actions depends

. According to Mill, to determine whether one pleasure is more valuable than another, we must

. Mill says that the ultimate end of utilitarianism is an existence as free of pain as possible and as rich as possible in

. Mill asserts that the Greatest Happiness Principle is

. Utilitarianism says that right actions are those that produce the greatest happiness for

. According to Nielsen, the moral worth of an action is determined by

. Williams argues that utilitarianism is a _______ moral theory.

. Williams argues that utilitarianism makes unintelligible our

. Rule-utilitarianism is the idea that the rightness of actions depends solely on the relative good produced by individual actions.

. Classic utilitarianism depends heavily on a strong sense of impartiality.

. Mill thinks that some kinds of pleasures are more valuable than others.

. Mill believes that the moral worth of an action depends on one's motives.

. Mill asserts that happiness is the sole end of human action.

. For Mill, a beast's pleasures can satisfy a human being's conception of happiness.

. The jury found Seaman Holmes not guilty of manslaughter.

. Bentham insists that pleasures should be measured by their quantity, not quality.

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