Exam 12: The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

Who said that the self-centered passions had little variety?

Which ancient school did Mill most identify with?

If mankind minus one were of one opinion, Mill held it would be legitimate to silence the lone dissenter.

Bentham recognized that ethics was not a science, and could never be one.

Altruism is opposed to

Mil s education robbed him of

Who wrote Utilitarianism ?

What did Mill defend?

Who said that it was better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied?

Malthus believed that epidemics were natural cures to population growth.

Who accepted Descartes views on animals?

Kant was a utilitarian.

Bentham was a deontologist.

Who referred to a moral thermometer ?

What did Bentham think counted, morally?

Malthus was enthusiastic about the success of possible social reforms.

Bentham saw himself as a great legislator.

The term utility has only one clear meaning.

Who wrote of the tyranny of the majority?

Bentham held that all government is itself evil.