Lecture 14 Self evaluation
Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before writing your answers:
1) Each question carries 1 mark.
2) There are ten names/phrases/statements against each concept out of which only one is the most appropriate matching name/phrase/statement. Identify it by writing the Sl. No. of the phrase/statement as the most appropriate alternative.
3) If a question is answered wrongly or more than one answers are marked, 0.20 marks will be deducted for each such question.
Match the entries in Column 2 with Arguments in Column 3.
| Sl. No. |
Column 2: Concept |
Column 3: Name/Phrase/statement |
Alternative |
| 1. |
Utilitarianism |
Rejected utilitarianism by making two claims: (a) there is no originality in the Bentham’s ideas and he only reproduced the idea of human spirit found in 18th century French philosophers; and (b) utilitarianism makes no sense without assuming a fixed form of human nature while the fact is that human nature is dynamic and modified by historical epochs. |
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| 2. |
Negative utilitarianism |
The chance it has of not being followed by sensations of the same kind. |
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| 3. |
Piecemeal social engineering |
Happiness of the larger society or mankind |
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| 4. |
Marxism |
A philosophical strand that has in some way, directly or indirectly, influenced leading economists from Adam Smith to modern welfare economists. |
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| 5. |
Happiness |
The chance it has of not being followed by sensations of the opposite kind. |
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