PHI 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Social Issue, Act Utilitarianism, Epicurus
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We determine whether an action is right, according to jeremy bentham, by calculating all the resulting pleasure and pain. false. Lower pleasures, for john stuart mill, are more important than higher, and are capable of being calculated. true. Bradly of utilitarianism is that it can conflict with commonly held moral values. true. Bradly"s reasoning, utilitarianism is an inadequate moral theory since it can be used to justify exploitation in the name of happiness. false. In rule utilitarianism we calculate the consequences of each action. true. Preference utilitarianism holds that the morally right course of action maximizes our preferences. false. John grote"s criticism of utilitarianism was that it strays from the moral status quo and doesn"t give it enough credit. false. Utilitarians deny that long-term consequences are a factor in the morality of any action. true. A criticism of utilitarianism by the text"s author is that it doesn"t accurately describe how we always make moral decisions. false.
