PHI 208 Arianne Machgan's Quiz History_ Week 2 - Quiz

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3/9/24, 11:08 AM Arianne Machgan's Quiz History: Week 2 - Quiz https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/128829/quizzes/385938/history?version=2 1/2 Week 2 - Quiz Results for Arianne Machgan Score for this attempt: 4 out of 4 Submitted Feb 25 at 2:11pm This attempt took 12 minutes.  Question 1 1 / 1 pts Correct! It is right to take them if doing so will result in greater overall happiness. Correct! Utilitarians believe in doing what will promote the most happiness. In this case, picking the fruit might result in happiness for your family, with no harm to anyone else. Taking them would be wrong since you don’t have permission. You should look up the law in your area to find out if picking unused fruit is legal. You can pick them only if you know that the neighbor will never find out.  Question 2 1 / 1 pts Whatever secures the most happiness for you in the long run. You should follow whatever principle represents absolute duty. Whatever benefits the minority of the people Correct! Whichever action is likely to produce the greatest overall happiness. Correct!  Question 3 1 / 1 pts “I should become a lawyer because that is what my dad did.” “I should become a lawyer because that will create the most wealth for me and my family.” Correct! Suppose you are deciding whether it is acceptable to pick apples from your neighbor’s tree, without permission, when it appears that your neighbor is never going to eat them. Which of the following would a utilitarian say? Utilitarianism says that you should do what? Suppose that you were deciding what to do for a living. Which of these passages best exemplifies utilitarian reasoning?

3/9/24, 11:08 AM Arianne Machgan's Quiz History: Week 2 - Quiz https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/128829/quizzes/385938/history?version=2 2/2 “I should become a lawyer because that is the best way that I can improve people’s lives.” Correct! A utilitarian believes that the right thing is the one that produces the most happiness for all concerned. “I should become a lawyer because that way I can enforce the law, which is my duty.”  Question 4 1 / 1 pts Whether an action is right or wrong is independent of its actual consequences. Whether one is acting ethically is a matter of great consequence. Correct! Whether an action is right or wrong is based on its likely consequences. Correct! Ethically speaking, it does not matter what the consequences of an action are, only the principle you acted on. Quiz Score: 4 out of 4 Consequentialism is the view that:

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