The utility principle states that
a. the only thing good in itself is some type of state (e.g. pleasure, happiness, welfare).
b. the rightness or wrongness of an act is determined by its consequences.
c. an action has utility if it is intrinsically right independent of its consequences.
d. the wrong actions are sometimes those that have the best consequences.
a. the only thing good in itself is some type of state (e.g. pleasure, happiness, welfare).
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a. We don't all agree about what is virtuous. b. Virtue or good is what society deems to be good. c. People may be virtuous in many ways but evil in others. d. All of the above
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Empiricist philosophers insist we rely on which of the following for knowledge:
a. reason b. faith c. sense experience d. all of the above
A conviction that something is true where the only evidence for this is the conviction itself is
a. a true belief b. a mere belief c. a justified belief d. an evidential belief