UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

CALOOCAN CAMPUS

ETHICS. PLEASURE THEORY AND THE UTILITARIANS

Name: Marceloni, Mark Jaspher S.

Organize the following words in jumbled letters which are related to the concepts of pleasure as
determinants of morality. Write the word in the second column. Provide simple definition of the
constructed terms in the third column.

Jumbled Letters Constructed Terms Definition

1. STILITMAURIANIS Example: Ethical principles which focused on the end of
UTILITARIANISM activation rather than the means.

2. DEHOMSIN HEDONISM Hedonism is the view that the absence of suffering,

or pleasure, is the most significant factor for
determining the morality of a particular course of
action.
3. GELMEOLOTIS TELEOLOGISM Duty or moral responsibility is created from what is
good or desirable as a goal to be attained.
4. NQATAQTIUVETI QUANTITATIVE Can be measure or calculate

5. REXMTEE EXTREME reaching a high or the highest degree

6. TAITUALIVEQ QUALITATIVE More on quality

7. AINP PAIN The feeling of unhappiness that you have when

something unpleasant or upsetting happens. It can
also be physical suffering or discomfort caused by
illness or injury.
8. ROTEMADE MODERATE Average amount

9. SLEPEAUR PLEASURE A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.

10. MADSI AMIDS Middle

Identify the MORAL DILEMMA in following situation and supply the most appropriate PLEASURE-
BASED ETHICAL PRINCIPLES to be applied.

Situation Moral Dilemma Ethical Principle

1. You lost your wallet inside while
riding in the jeepney on your way
home but your house is only 4
kilometers away from location.
2. You have seen your classmate
cheating during the exam without
being noticed by your teacher and
he/she is willing to share his/her
answer.
I will let it slide and accept that UTILITARIAN
my wallet is gone and just
choose thinking that the one who
will find my wallet is the one who
needed it the most.
Because every student would UTILITARIAN
gain from it, I will not notify or
advise the teacher that cheating
is taking place.

3. In the movie John hostage the
hospital administrators in order to
provide treatment to his dying son
since he cannot afford to pay the
hospital bill.
The son of John must be treated PLEASURE THEORY
because the doctor's job is to
deal with people who have
serious conditions in order to
lessen the possibility of a much
worse scenario.