Question 1

10pts

Utilitarianism is an example of what type of moral reasoning?

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Consequentialist moral reasoning.

Non-consequentialist moral reasoning.

Categorical moral reasoning.

Duties without reason.

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Question 2

10pts

In the eText (and the video by Dr. Sandel "The Moral Side of Murder"), a thought experiment, called the trolley problem, places you in a scenario in which youmust choosewhether you should:

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throw a track switch to save five lives at the price of one life.

report a crime on the train when you know it will put your life at risk.

accelerate the trolley to be sure it kills everyone on the track so as not to prolong suffering.

postpone your trip by trolley because the mishap on the track will delay service.

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Question 3

10pts

In a virtual reality test with people facing the trolley problem, as indicated in the eText (similarly evidenced in student responses to Dr. Sandel's question posing the same problem), most people choose to:

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walk away rather than get involved in choosing who should die.

throw themselves in front of the moving trolley, hoping to stop it before others up ahead die.

let the trolleykill the five because fate has determined their destiny.

switch tracks and kill the one to save five lives.

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Question 4

10pts

In utilitarianism, sentience is the word for allthose who deserve moral consideration because they:

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Can understand right from wrong.

Are able to communicate in understandable language with other people.

Have the capacity to suffer pain.

Are created in the image of God.

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Question 5

10pts

Categorical moral reasoning locates morality in certain moral imperatives, regardless of the consequences.

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True

False

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Question 6

10pts

Moral and political philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill used utilitarian moral theory to give a voice to the people about the policies of their government based on what famous utilitarian moral principle?

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Do for others what you'd want them to do for you.

The greatest good of the greatest number.

The golden mean is always best.

The end can never justify the means.

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Question 7

10pts

Morally what matters most for a classic utilitarian is that action which will:

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promote more pleasure than pain.

honor deity no matter the pain involved.

be categorically good in and of itself.

keep the peace and save the status quo.

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Question 8

10pts

For the utilitarian John Stuart Mill, pleasure is good and all pleasures are equally good.

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True

False

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Question 9

10pts

Which of the following criticisms is sometimes used against utilitarian moral theory?

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That it is a theory where the ends can justify the means.

It is a self-serving morality for the powerful few.

It has no definition of what is good or what is bad.

All of the above are criticisms of utilitarianism.

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Question 10

10pts

John Stuart Mill argues that all goods are desired for their own sake and not as a means to some other good.

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True

False