According to the author, the most impressive advantage of utilitarianism is that it:

A. shows any type of act (e.g. lying) might, under the right circumstances, be morally right.

B. explains what pleasure is.
C. provides a criterion for judging legislation.

D. reduces complex moral problems to problems of investigation and addition.

E. doesn't require us to assume the existence of God.


Answer: D

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