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Bentham would have probably responded to the utility criticisms by pointing out that if the hypothetical scenarious results in consequences that are unfair, unjust, or just plain "wrong" then more than likely:
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Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill would certainly have rejected their utilitarian moral theories if only they had been aware of the aggregate utility, average utility, justice, and motive criticisms.
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False
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John Stuart Mill argued that the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth is the complete spirit of teh thics of utility. "To do as you would be done by," to love you neighbor as yourslef," consititutes the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.
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True
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Just as individuals can make mathematical errors, so also individuals can make hedonistic calculus errors.
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True
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Match the following utility criticisms with the descriptions of the criticisms.
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Aggregate Utility = Low level of individual pleasure would be acceptable
Average Utility Criticism=Mass extermination acceptable if general pleasures of those existing increase |
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Match the following utility criticisms with the descriptions of the criticisms.
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Justice= Unfair distributions of pleasure
Motive Criticism= Total disregardof the agents motive when doing an action |
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Mill argues that if individuals are most effective in their moral actions with thos whom they have close relationships with then:
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-They have a higher moral obligation to maximize those individual relational benefits than the world at large
-the world at large will still benefit as it is composed of individual parts |
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Mill would have probably responded to the utility criticisms by pointing out that:
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The aggregate utility, average utility, justice, and motive criticisms are all "straw-man "fallacies of logic.
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True
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what is a straw-man argument?
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Both
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which utility criticism would argue that the hedonistic calculus is primarily concerned with consequences regardless of what the motive of the agen was in the performance of the rule or act.
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Motive Criticism
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Which utility criticism would argue that the hedonistic claculus is primarily concerned with the greatest average utility for the hedonistic experiencers.
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Average Utility
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which utility criticism would argue that the heonistic claculus is primarily concerned with the maximization of the "greatest good for the greatest amount of people "regarless of how those pleasures and pains are distributed in society.
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Justice Criticism
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Which utility criticism would argue that the hedonistic calculus is primarily concerned with the total summation of pleasure and minimaztion of pain?
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Aggregate Utility Criticism
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