1. what is the problem with expected results as the standard of right action?

actions are made right or wrong by their actual consequences or by their foreseeable outcome

right action is no longer determined by consequences

moral knowledge is impossible to gain, since we don't know the future

2. why does utilitarianism tend to justify conventional morality?

conventionally, what is wrong tends to cause more pain than pleasure/ happiness

utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things

recognition that others feel pain

3. how would a utilitarian evaluate/judge the moral principle- cannibalism is always wrong?

utilitarianism is relativistic than absolutist. absolutist moral views hold that certain actions will always be morally wrong

true since cannibalism disrespects other

false, since in some circumstances cannibalism optimizes the good

4. according to utilitarianism it is morally permissible to experiment on non-human animals if

for utilitarianism the use of nonhuman animal can be acceptable

we would perform the experiment on human of similar cognitive capacities

we would not perform the experiment on humans similar cognitive capacity

5. why are slippery arguments conservative?

there are positions that are considered conservative, and values that are considered conservation.

they support acting traditionally since new ways of doing things results in bad consequences

favoring free enterprise private ownership