Quick Quiz Ethical Theories

Utilitarianism For a utilitarian, actions are right as they: Produce the best consequences Produce the most consequences Tend to produce the best consequences Tend to limit the most harm Follow the correct rules of morality

Utilitarianism Measure how many hedons are present in pleasure. Bentham uses his Hedonic Calculus to: Measure how many hedons are present in pleasure. Establish the relative values of different pleasures. Help us reach our personal goals. Justify the mathematical nature of morality. Complicate the simplicity of ordinary ethics.

Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a demanding theory because it is difficult to calculate what to do. no one can figure out how to cause pleasure. there will be conflicts between our duties and our interests. Bentham and Mill were bossy people. self-improvement is its first goal.

Utilitarianism Getting a relaxing massage is superior to drinking a case of Special Export because it isn’t followed by great pain. It is superior in terms of: Fecundity Purity Certainty Propinquity Extent

Utilitarianism Every Mozart tune is good, while Nickelback’s written some real dogs. Mozart excels over Nickelback in terms of: Fecundity Purity Certainty Propinquity Extent

Utilitarianism When utilitarianism tells the doctor to knock you out and take your organs for those needy Nobel Prize wieners, it seems weak regarding: Justice Friendliness Individual rights Fecundity Deontology

Utilitarianism When utilitarianism tells Marshall Dillon to let the bank robbing murderer go for the sake of increasing happiness, it seems weak regarding: Justice Friendliness Individual rights Fecundity Deontology

Utilitarianism Bentham and Mill agree that the word ‘good’ should be understood to mean Right The highest value Obligatory Pleasure, and happiness Highly evolved

Deontology For Kant, the only thing good unconditionally is pleasure courage virtue a good will a good time

Deontology For Kant, an action has moral worth only if it is done in accordance with duty from a sense of duty with a measure of good will through a motive of love to cause the most pleasure possible

Deontology The contradictions in Kant’s ethics have plagued Kant scholars for decades are strange, but since he rejects reason, they are not problematic yield perfect and imperfect duties make his theory unacceptable until they are resolved a and d

Deontology Kant tries to show that morality is based on Duty Rationality Love Transcendental philosophy Apperception

Deontology If you want to do something, but reflection shows you wouldn’t like it if everyone else acted that way, you have A perfect duty to refrain An imperfect duty to refrain Continence Incontinence Viciousness

Deontology Kant’s theory answers the question, Why be moral?, by … suggesting you are unloving otherwise suggesting you are mean otherwise suggesting you are stupid otherwise suggesting you are incorrigible otherwise suggesting you are irrational otherwise

Deontology A problem for Kant’s theory is how an action should be described before testing it with the categorical imperative why anyone should think being consistent is part of being moral contradictions usually show theories are bad A and B A and C

Answers C B A D E