Chapter 1 Self Quiz

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. What does it mean to say that something is instrumentally valuable?

It is good for its own sake. correct incorrect

It is good because it helps us to achieve some other good. correct incorrect

It is good both for its own sake and for what it helps us to achieve. correct incorrect

It is useful to think it is valuable, even if it isn't really valuable. correct incorrect

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. What is a theory of well-being supposed to tell us?

Which policies will make people better off correct incorrect

Why we ought to try to make other people's lives better correct incorrect

Which things are instrumentally good for us correct incorrect

Which things are intrinsically good for us correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does the hedonist believe is intrinsically valuable?

The pain of exercising correct incorrect

The good health that is a result of exercise correct incorrect

The happiness that accompanies being healthy correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an important distinction for hedonists?

Present vs. future pleasure correct incorrect

Physical vs. attitudinal pleasure correct incorrect

Aesthetic vs. emotional pleasure correct incorrect

Analytic vs. synthetic pleasure correct incorrect

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. Who is widely regarded as the first great hedonist in Western philosophy?

Plato correct incorrect

Aristotle correct incorrect

John Stuart Mill correct incorrect

Epicurus correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an attraction of hedonism?

It allows us to explain why people fear lobotomies. correct incorrect

Accepting it frees us from moral obligations to others. correct incorrect

It explains why there are many different types of good life. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. How do hedonists typically support the claim that happiness has intrinsic value?

They claim that it can be proven on the basis of other principles. correct incorrect

They admit it cannot be proven, but must be accepted based on faith. correct incorrect

They claim it is self-evident, and is a starting point for thinking about well-being. correct incorrect

They admit that it is not true, but recommend that we believe it because it is useful. correct incorrect

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. How do hedonists regard most rules about how to live a good life?

Such rules are not very useful, but not necessarily harmful. correct incorrect

Many such rules are correct, and have no exceptions. correct incorrect

Such rules are merely tools of those in power, used to subordinate others. correct incorrect

Many such rules are useful, but they have exceptions. correct incorrect

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. What would a hedonist say about a person who sometimes enjoyed his or her own pain?

Pain would sometimes be good for such a person. correct incorrect

Pain would never be good for such a person. correct incorrect

Hedonism would not apply to such a person. correct incorrect

The existence of such a person would disprove hedonism. correct incorrect

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. What is the point of Philippa Foot's example about the lobotomized patients?

Lobotomies make people unhappy and therefore are to be avoided. correct incorrect

Lobotomies make people happy and therefore are to be encouraged. correct incorrect

People with lobotomies are sometimes happy, and this is evidence for hedonism. correct incorrect

People with lobotomies are sometimes happy, and this is a problem for hedonism. correct incorrect