What is the term for the theory that every decision needs to be calculated for its hedonic score?
philosophy
Description
Question 1 (1 point)
What is the term
for the theory that every decision needs to be calculated for its hedonic
score?
Question 1 options:
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Rule Utilitarianism |
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Command Utilitarianism |
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Communitarianism |
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Act Utilitarianism |
Question 2 (1 point)
The Principle of
Utility states that:
Question 2 options:
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We are morally obligated to promote the good; the
right act is to do the most good. |
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We are morally obligated to do what will benefit
our culture, not ourselves. |
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The good is pleasure, and we obligated to seek
pleasure for ourselves. |
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We are morally obligated to be happy. |
Question 3 (1 point)
Rule
Utilitarianism teaches that we should:
Question 3 options:
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Follow the laws of our government |
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Consider the outcomes of each case before applying
a rule of behavior |
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Create social rules with our community |
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Act on the rules that tend to promote the greatest
good |
Question 4 (1 point)
Mill faces the
problem of justifying intrinsic value when he asserts that
happiness is the good. What claim does he present as the “only”
proof possible?
Question 4 options:
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Even Aristotle claimed that happiness was the
good. |
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Some pleasures are better than others. |
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Actually, Mill does NOT claim to offer anything
like a "proof" of happiness being an intrinsic value. |
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God wills that humans be happy. |
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All rational people desire happiness. |
