Utilitarianism quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which philosopher's clothed skeleton is on display in London?

   Answer: Jeremy Bentham

   Why: Bentham's will asked for his body to be preserved after his death, and the result is known as his 'auto-icon'.

2. 2 Medium

   Which Dickens novel mocks utilitarian 'facts only' schooling?

   Answer: Hard Times

   Why: Dickens dedicated the novel to Thomas Carlyle, a leading Victorian critic of utilitarian thinking.

3. 3 Hard

   Which rival of utilitarianism has a name Bentham coined?

   Answer: Deontology

   Why: C. D. Broad gave the word its duty-based sense in 1930; Bentham himself had used it simply for the science of morality.

4. 4 Easy

   Who was the utilitarian MP who proposed votes for women in 1867?

   Answer: John Stuart Mill

   Why: A year earlier, in 1866, Mill had presented the first mass petition for women's votes to the House of Commons.

5. 5 Medium

   Which art did Bentham rate equal in value to the game of push-pin?

   Answer: Poetry

   Why: Far more people can enjoy push-pin than poetry, and for Bentham an art is worth exactly the pleasure it gives.

6. 6 Hard

   Whom did Godwin say to rescue from a fire instead of a chambermaid?

   Answer: Fénelon

   Why: Fénelon was about to write his book Télémaque, which for Godwin made his life worth more to humanity.