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Pregunta 1
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John Stuart Mill, like David Hume is
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A relativist
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An ethical subjectivist
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A rationalist
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An empiricist
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A virtue ethicisit
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Hedonism is the view that
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Pleasure is the only thing intrinsically valuable
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Pleasure is one of the things that are intrinsically valuable
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Pleasure is instrumentally valuable
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Pleasure is not valuable
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None of the above
Pregunta 3
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A teleological moral theory is a theory that
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Gives priority to the concept of duty
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Specificies an end or goal to be promoted by moral action
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Gives priority to virtue or character
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Promotes watching more tv
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None of the above
Pregunta 4
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In response to the claim that hedonism is a doctrine fir for swine, Mill agrees that
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We are not that different from swine
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We shouldn’t confuse the standard of morality with the motive for action
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There are higher pleasures
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Utilitarianism is a moral theory acc to which the rightness/wrongness of actions is understood in terms of
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The perspectives of virtuous people
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Moral sentiments
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The intentions of actions
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sympathy
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Their consequences
Pregunta 6
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We ought to act so as to maximize happiness. This is a way of expressing Mill’s
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hedonism
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Theory of the good
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Theory of the right
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Response to the “doctrine of swine” objection
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None of the above
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A major obstacle to utilitarianism is that it seems incapable of accommodating the moral importance of the concept of
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Justice
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Virtue
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Rightness
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Wrongness
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Pleasure
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Mill responds to the objection that utilitarianism is too demanding by
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Distinguishing between higher and lower pleasures
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Distinguishing between the standard of right wrong and our motives or decision procedures in actions
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Suggesting that we toughen up and try harder
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 9
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Which of the following claims would Mill reject?
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In certain cases, one should make the principle of utility one’s motive for action
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What makes actions right or wrong are their consequences
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Some pleasures are superior in quality to others
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It is always wrong to favor your nearest and dearest
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Pleasure is the only thing intrinsically valuable
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Happiness according to Mill, is
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Pleasure and the absence of pain
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The good
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The goals (telos) we ought to promote
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 11
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According to Mill, higher pleasure, compared to lower pleasures, are
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Superior in quantity
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Superior in quality
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Fit for swine
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Not really pleasant
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None of the above
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Utilitarianism is a theory that
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Does not ask us to accept rules of principles dogmatically
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Has an objective criterion for determining the rightness wrongness of actions
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Is concerned with the common rule
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All of the above
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None of the above
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An empiricist is someone who believes that knowledge is based on
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Observation or sense experience
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Reason
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The Good
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Utility
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None of the above
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“Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness,” This is
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Ethical subjectivism
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One of the rules of thumb Mill says we should generally rely on when acting
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The principle of utility
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A moral dilemma
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None of the above
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We learn the difference between the right and wrong, according to Mill
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By consulting sacred texts
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By reasoning a priori (ie by using reason alone)
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By lucky guess
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By observation by gather empirical evidence
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None of the above
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According to Mill, a life filled with lower pleasure but lacking in higher pleasure would be
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Happy
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Content
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Too demanding
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 17
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According to which of the following labels is appropriate as a description of utilitarians
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Teleological
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Consequentialist
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Empiricist
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All of the above
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None of the above
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According the a utilitarian like Mill, it is right to praise of blame people for some of their actions
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Whenever we feel like it
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Only when those actions are right or wrong
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When we care about them
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When doing so has negative consequences
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When doing so has positive consequences
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In contrast with Mill’s utilitarianism, Kant’s moral theory is
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Deontoogical
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Intentionalist
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Rationalist
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 20
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The doctrine of double effect claims that there is a morally significant difference between
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Consequences and intentions
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Intended and merely foreseen consequences
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Actions and inactions
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Good and bad
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Right and wrong
Pregunta 21
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A competent judge of the relative merits of two given pleasures is someone who has experienced both pleasures
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- True
- False
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Utilitarianism is neither egoistic nor altruistic
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- True
- False
Pregunta 23
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According to Mill, what counts as right/wrong is entirely subjective
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- True
- False
Pregunta 24
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According to a utilitarian, like Mill, the only thing that matters is determining the right or wrong of an action is the intention with which performed
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- True
- False
Pregunta 25
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Mill claims that, before acting, we should always try to calculate how much pleasure and how much pain will result from the various actions available for us to perform
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- True
- False
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Our nearest and dearest do not really matter more than others, according to Mill, even though we should treat them as they do
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- True
- False
Pregunta 27
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The utility of an action is the total amount of good minus the total amount of bad that is produced
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- True
- False
Pregunta 28
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According to a deontologist like Kant, the consequences of an action are what make the action right or wrong
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- True
- False
Pregunta 29
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Lots of things besides pleasure are intrinsically valuable for a hedonist like Mill
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- True
- False
Pregunta 30
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According to utilitarianism, some types of action are categorically right or wrong
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- True
- False
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