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Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the main principle of Utilitarianism?
A) The social contract
B) The greatest happiness principle
C) The categorical imperative
D) The golden mean
  • 2. Who is the author of 'Utilitarianism'?
A) Immanuel Kant
B) John Stuart Mill
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 3. What does Mill identify as higher pleasures?
A) Intellectual and moral pleasures
B) Material pleasures
C) Physical pleasures
D) Sensory pleasures
  • 4. What role does Mill assign to individual liberty?
A) Secondary to societal control
B) A potential source of unhappiness
C) Irrelevant to utility
D) Essential for personal happiness
  • 5. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their outcomes. What type of ethics is it considered?
A) Consequentialist
B) Relativistic
C) Virtue ethics
D) Deontological
  • 6. Mill differentiates between which two types of pleasures?
A) Higher and lower pleasures
B) Temporary and permanent pleasures
C) Immediate and delayed pleasures
D) Natural and artificial pleasures
  • 7. In Utilitarianism, how is the term 'greatest happiness' defined?
A) Maximizing pleasure for the greatest number
B) Ensuring absolute freedom for individuals
C) Eliminating all forms of pain
D) Maximizing total wealth in society
  • 8. In the context of Utilitarianism, what is 'utility'?
A) The amount of money earned
B) The level of education achieved
C) The physical strength of a person
D) The overall well-being and happiness produced
  • 9. How does Mill respond to the objection that utilitarianism is a doctrine worthy only of swine?
A) He argues for the superiority of higher pleasures
B) He supports only physical pleasure
C) He agrees and states that life is irrational
D) He dismisses all forms of pleasure as unimportant
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