Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Ethical egoism is a form of teleological ethics.
2. Jeremy Bentham’s method of measuring pleasure and pain was called the hedonic calculus.
3. The consequentialist principle states that consequences should not play a role in ethics.
4. Bentham would say that you have a moral obligation to pursue the higher and more refined pleasures, even if you hate them.
5. Utilitarians deny that there is a single absolute principle for deciding what is right or wrong.
T 1. Ethical egoism is a form of teleological ethics.
T 2. Jeremy Bentham’s method of measuring pleasure and pain was called the hedonic calculus.
F 3. The consequentialist principle states that consequences should not play a role in ethics.
F 4. Bentham would say that you have a moral obligation to pursue the higher and more refined pleasures, even if you hate them.
F 5. Utilitarians deny that there is a single absolute principle for deciding what is right or wrong.
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