According to J.S. Mill, most people, if given equal access to all kinds of pleasures,

a. will gravitate toward those that satisfy their lower desires
b. will prefer those that nurture and satisfy their nobler and higher faculties.
c. will shun utilitarianism as a sham philosophy.
d. None of the above.


Answer: b. will prefer those that nurture and satisfy their nobler and higher faculties.

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