Jeremy Bentham developed the utilitarian calculus, which is a method of determining which actions are morally preferable by:
A. calculating how quickly each action will produce results.
B. weighing the costs and the benefits of each action.
C. democratically selecting an action based on the opinions of others.
D. selecting an appropriate compromise between pain and pleasure.
Answer: B
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A) It must be the case that. B) Thus. C) Consequently. D) Hence. E) Given that.
The Acts of the Apostles' ends with:
a. Paul's release from prison b. Paul under house arrest c. Paul's death in Rome d. Paul's trial in Rome
According to Horton, traditional religious beliefs differ from natural science in that
A) the theoretical entities are material forces rather than persons. B) social relationships are the focus of peoples' efforts to be reduced to a more familiar dimension. C) they are theory-laden. D) in traditional cultures nature is the focus of reduction from the unfamiliar to the familiar.
Agnostics believe that the existence of God cannot be proven one way or the other.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)