Chapter 10 Self Quiz

. Utilitarians can completely avoid the problem of adding up well-being by claiming that well-being consists in

how happy you are.

how much your desires are satisfied.

Both of the above

None of the above

. Utilitarianism requires that agents always

consider each option and its effects before deciding how to act.

always be motivated by maximizing the good.

always act to achieve optimific results.

All of the above

. How would most utilitarians characterize the principle of utility?

It is a standard of rightness.

It is a decision procedure.

It describes the single appropriate motivation when making choices.

All of the above

. Which of the following would the utilitarian regard as wrong in all possible circumstances?

Violating someone's rights

Performing an action that is not optimific

Killing an innocent person

None of the above

. Which of the following responses to the problem of injustice is not consistent with utilitarianism?

Justice must sometimes be sacrificed for the sake of well-being.

Justice is intrinsically valuable.

Injustice is never optimific.

In almost every case, the just action will also be the one that maximizes well-being.

. What is the primary motivation for rule consequentialism?

It is thought to solve the problem of injustice.

It avoids the irrational rule worship of act utilitarianism.

It allows for more moral flexibility than act utilitarianism.

It vindicates all actually existing social norms.

. What do rule consequentialists demand when breaking a moral rule would yield better results?

Break the moral rule.

Obey the moral rule.

Re-write the moral rules.

Obey the moral rule unless it results in an injustice.

. According to utilitarianism, it is intrinsically morally right to

donate to charity.

make someone happy.

act in your self-interest.

None of the above

. Exemplary punishment is

punishment that makes an example of someone.

punishment that is a model for other punishments.

punishment that rehabilitates the criminal.

punishment that is targets innocent people.

. An optimific social rule is a rule which

is optimific whenever it's followed.

is optimific when nearly everyone follows it.

is optimific most of the time.

is optimific for a certain society.

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