Lesson test: Consequences

1.[2p]
What does act consequentialism say makes an act right?

Its outcome is at least as good as the outcome of every alternative available to the agent

Correct

It follows a rule that would produce good outcomes if generally accepted

The answer is: Its outcome is at least as good as the outcome of every alternative available to the agent

It expresses a virtuous character

The answer is: Its outcome is at least as good as the outcome of every alternative available to the agent

It respects everyone's rights

The answer is: Its outcome is at least as good as the outcome of every alternative available to the agent

3.[3p]
Which of Bentham's seven dimensions turns a private hedonism into a moral theory?

Extent, the number of people affected

Correct

Intensity

The answer is: Extent, the number of people affected

Purity

The answer is: Extent, the number of people affected

Propinquity

The answer is: Extent, the number of people affected

4.[3p]
What is the instability in Mill's higher and lower pleasures?

If the higher is preferred because it is more pleasant, quantity was doing the work; if for another reason, hedonism has been abandoned

Correct

Competent judges never agree

The answer is: If the higher is preferred because it is more pleasant, quantity was doing the work; if for another reason, hedonism has been abandoned

It makes pleasure impossible to measure

The answer is: If the higher is preferred because it is more pleasant, quantity was doing the work; if for another reason, hedonism has been abandoned

It contradicts the principle of impartiality

The answer is: If the higher is preferred because it is more pleasant, quantity was doing the work; if for another reason, hedonism has been abandoned

5.[3p]
Which features belong to act consequentialism as stated in the lesson?

Select all that apply

Maximising, so doing much good is not enough if more was available

Correct

Agent-neutral, so the value of an outcome does not depend on who brings it about

Correct

Complete, so every act is right or wrong

Correct

It leaves room for acts that are praiseworthy but optional

The answer is: Maximising, so doing much good is not enough if more was available, Agent-neutral, so the value of an outcome does not depend on who brings it about, Complete, so every act is right or wrong

6.[3p]
What is the difference between a criterion of rightness and a decision procedure?

The criterion says what makes an act right; the procedure is whatever method of deciding actually produces the most right acts

Correct

The criterion applies to rules and the procedure to acts

The answer is: The criterion says what makes an act right; the procedure is whatever method of deciding actually produces the most right acts

The criterion is used by experts and the procedure by everyone else

The answer is: The criterion says what makes an act right; the procedure is whatever method of deciding actually produces the most right acts

There is no difference for a consequentialist

The answer is: The criterion says what makes an act right; the procedure is whatever method of deciding actually produces the most right acts

8.[2p]
On the expected-value version of the theory, a decision with the highest expected value can be right even though it turns out badly.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

9.[3p]
What did Sidgwick concede about the theory recommending its own concealment?

If better outcomes follow from most people believing something else, the theory recommends that they do, which Williams later mocked as Government House utilitarianism

Correct

That the theory should never be taught

The answer is: If better outcomes follow from most people believing something else, the theory recommends that they do, which Williams later mocked as Government House utilitarianism

That calculation must be performed before every act

The answer is: If better outcomes follow from most people believing something else, the theory recommends that they do, which Williams later mocked as Government House utilitarianism

That the criterion and the procedure are the same thing

The answer is: If better outcomes follow from most people believing something else, the theory recommends that they do, which Williams later mocked as Government House utilitarianism

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Consequences

1.[2p]
What does act consequentialism say makes an act right?

2.[2p]
How many dimensions does Bentham's calculus use to measure a pleasure or pain?

3.[3p]
Which of Bentham's seven dimensions turns a private hedonism into a moral theory?

4.[3p]
What is the instability in Mill's higher and lower pleasures?

5.[3p]
Which features belong to act consequentialism as stated in the lesson?

6.[3p]
What is the difference between a criterion of rightness and a decision procedure?

7.[2p]
A vaccine given to 1,000,000 people kills 1 in 100,000. How many deaths does it cause?

8.[2p]
On the expected-value version of the theory, a decision with the highest expected value can be right even though it turns out badly.

9.[3p]
What did Sidgwick concede about the theory recommending its own concealment?

1.[2p] What does act consequentialism say makes an act right?

2.[2p] How many dimensions does Bentham's calculus use to measure a pleasure or pain?

3.[3p] Which of Bentham's seven dimensions turns a private hedonism into a moral theory?

4.[3p] What is the instability in Mill's higher and lower pleasures?

5.[3p] Which features belong to act consequentialism as stated in the lesson?

6.[3p] What is the difference between a criterion of rightness and a decision procedure?

7.[2p] A vaccine given to 1,000,000 people kills 1 in 100,000. How many deaths does it cause?

8.[2p] On the expected-value version of the theory, a decision with the highest expected value can be right even though it turns out badly.

9.[3p] What did Sidgwick concede about the theory recommending its own concealment?

1.[2p]
What does act consequentialism say makes an act right?

2.[2p]
How many dimensions does Bentham's calculus use to measure a pleasure or pain?

3.[3p]
Which of Bentham's seven dimensions turns a private hedonism into a moral theory?

4.[3p]
What is the instability in Mill's higher and lower pleasures?

5.[3p]
Which features belong to act consequentialism as stated in the lesson?

6.[3p]
What is the difference between a criterion of rightness and a decision procedure?

7.[2p]
A vaccine given to 1,000,000 people kills 1 in 100,000. How many deaths does it cause?

8.[2p]
On the expected-value version of the theory, a decision with the highest expected value can be right even though it turns out badly.

9.[3p]
What did Sidgwick concede about the theory recommending its own concealment?