Question

1. According to Mill, you can tell that some pleasures are higher in quality than others from...

	a.	the intrinsic nature of our actions
	b.	the compatibility of certain kinds of pleasure with moral virtue
	c.	the preference by experts for one kind of pleasure over another
	d.	the decision by experts that more pleasure is a higher pleasure

2. Mill ranks pleasures of the mind higher than pleasures of the body.

True

False

3. According to utilitarianism

		A. Sometimes not acting is morally wrong
		B. Not acting can never be morally wrong.
		C. When we fail to honor people's rights, we are morally wrong.
		D. None of these.

4. According to the doctrine of double effect

		A. When acting, it is worse to intend harm as a means than it is to foresee it as a side effect.
		B. When acting, two harms are worse than one.
		C. When acting, it is worse to harm someone if there is another harm that will result from it directly.
		D. When acting, it is wrong to intend harm if the effect will not produce the most good.

5. One way in which Moore criticizes Mill's "proof" that happiness is good

	a.	is by showing that Mill cannot conclude anything without figuring out whether more people are happy than unhappy.
	b.	is by showing that Mill's standard of happiness depends on assuming people are not self-interested.
	c.	is by showing that Mill's idea that there are "experts" is too vague.
	d.	Is by showing that Mill use of "desirable" is ambiguous.

Answer 1

1 - Option (c)

Explanation - According to Mill pleasures of the mind are higher than that of body because mind pleasures are of greater quality.

2 - True

Explanation -  According to Mill pleasures of the mind are higher than pleasures of the body and when it comes to preference the pleasure of the mind is preferred.

3 - Option (a)

Explanation - Utilitarianism defines morality of actions based on the outcomes. The best action according to it is one which maximizes utility and happiness. Sometimes not acting is morally wrong when it does not produces happiness.

4 - Option (a)

Explanation - Some actions are ethically ok even if it produces side effect provided that you did not intended it.