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Self-Quiz 2.3: John Stuart Mill,
Utilitarianism
Normative Ethics
Theories of Right Conduct
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The Greatest Happiness Principle holds that
actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
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happiness is the only thing that is valuable, the reverse of happiness is the only thing that is disvaluable.
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this is the best of all possible worlds because in it is the greatest possible happiness.
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the greatest happiness comes from praising God and the greatest pain comes from rejecting God.
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According to Mill, which of the following are desirable as ends?
Pleasure
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Freedom from pain
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Both of the above
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None of the above
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Mill maintains that the business of ethics is to
tell us what our duties are.
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determine the worth of agents.
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identify good motives.
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All of the above
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Which of the following actions would Mill categorize as right?
Saving a drowning man for the sake of maximizing happiness
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Saving a drowning man for the sake of getting a reward
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Saving a drowning man for the sake of pleasing God.
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All of the above
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According to Mill, to be virtuous, a person must always
consider the happiness of society at large.
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be motivated by the Greatest Happiness Principle.
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actually maximize happiness.
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None of the above
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Mill argues that, according to the utilitarian doctrine, lying is
always morally permissible.
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always morally impermissible.
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usually morally permissible.
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usually morally impermissible.
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According to Mill, what is the function of secondary moral principles?
To guide decisions via intermediate generalizations
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To encode exceptionless rules of conduct
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To determine who is virtuous and who is vicious
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None of the above (they have no function)
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According to Mill, when should the first principles of morality be appealed to in decision-making?
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Never
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When secondary principles conflict
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When happiness is irrelevant
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