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6. Which of the following is not a strength of Bentham@s utilitarianism?

  • It is always clear exactly what one must do in every situation
  • It isn't tied to religion so is acceptable to athiests
  • It aims to increase happienesss and reduce pain which everyone can agree is good
  • It's flexible
  • It is democratic

7. The sovereign masters are...

  • Suffering and pleasure
  • suffering and pleasure
  • Pain and pleasure
  • Pain and happieness

8. What does purity mean in the hedonic calculus?

  • If the act in itself is good
  • How free from pain the action is
  • How pure the intention of the person performing the act is

9. Mill disagreed with Bentham that all pleasure is equal

  • True
  • False

10. Bentham called his utilitarianism 'act utilitarianism'

  • False
  • True

11. Who created 'rule utilitarianism'

  • Bentham
  • Mill
  • Freud
  • Kant
  • Singer

12. Bentham's utilitarianism is deontological

  • False
  • True

13. Which of the following is a way of remembering the seven variables considered in the hedonic calculus?

  • RPRICED
  • SPRISED
  • RPRISED
  • SPRICED

14. Bentham was a social reformer, and supported equal rights for women, rigths for animals, end to slavery ect...

  • True
  • False

15. Who Introduced preference utilitarianism (the idea that some have more value over others e.g. a doctor should be saved over a criminal)?

  • Bentham
  • Freud
  • Peter Singer
  • Mill