Question
An 1861 essay titled for this ethical system responds to claims that it is only worthy of swine. For 10 points each:
[10e] What family of ethical theories pioneered by Jeremy Bentham says that the right action is the one that promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people?
ANSWER: utilitarianism [or word forms like utilitarians; prompt on consequentialism]
[10m] One of the many critics of utilitarianism was this philosopher, who called Bentham a leather-tongued “arch-philistine” in a book that builds on Adam Smith’s labor theory of value.
ANSWER: Karl Marx [or Karl Heinrich Marx] (The book is the first volume of Das Kapital.)
[10h] Bentham likely took the phrase “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” from the work of this enlightenment criminologist, who opposed the death penalty in his book On Crimes and Punishments.
ANSWER: Cesare Beccaria [or Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 20% | 60% |
Data
| Vassar | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn A | Penn B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Princeton A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton B | Yale A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |