Political Science · Political Theory
For J.S. Mill, which of the following statements is NOT true? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1. Pleasures differ in quality as well as in quantity.
- 2. Mill makes use of non-utilitarian arguments.
- 3. The felicific calculus is absurd.
- 4. Pleasures can be objectively measured.
A1 and 2
B2 and 3
C1, 2 and 3
D4 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 4 only — The untrue statement is 4, so the answer is 4 only.
Explanation
★The untrue statement is 4, so the answer is 4 only.
★Mill denied that pleasures can be objectively measured, breaking with Bentham's quantitative hedonism.
★He introduced quality alongside quantity, ranking higher mental pleasures above lower bodily ones.
★His line that it is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied captures this qualitative turn.
★Because of this he treated Bentham's felicific calculus, the arithmetic of pleasure, as absurd.
★By admitting dignity and self-development as ends, Mill leaned on non-utilitarian arguments too.
★So statements 1, 2 and 3 fit Mill, while statement 4, objective measurement, is the one untrue claim.
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