Living for pleasure will not, in general, ensure that our lives will be good or satisfying

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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a. transposition b. distribution c. association d. DeMorgan's rule

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Which of the following considerations about utilitarism is correct?

A) The great 19th century utilitarians, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, believed that pleasure and happiness were different things. B) Bentham was concerned with the quantity of pleasure that an action produces, not with distinctions based on the type of the pleasure. C) Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism consistently agree upon which actions are morally right. D) Utilitarians believe that we can't compare one person's happiness with that of another.

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Which of the following is true of applied science?

A. It has led to many practical benefits. B. It states that our universe emerged in a great explosion. C. It employs hypotheses to further scientific knowledge. D. It has developed theories to predict physical processes in the world.

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Identify whether the following claim is a tautology, true by definition, or contingent: My pet poodle is a canine

a. Definition b. Contingent c. Tautology

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