In describing ethical theories, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Kant believed that the autonomy of alcoholic patients is best respected by understanding that alcoholism is a disease over which they have little free will.
B. The root of "compassion" comes from a Greek phrase meaning "to compare feelings."
C. The Stoics believed in the greatest good for the greatest number as the basis for morality.
D. Augustine quipped that life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
E. Some forms of utilitarianism consider the suffering of animals in calculating the greatest good for the greatest number.
Answer: E
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