One distinctive aspect of the consequentialist view favored by Railton is that it

a. can resolve moral issues through strict and precise quantification.
b. counts pleasure as the only good, and all pleasures as equal.
c. places greater emphasis on reducing suffering than on maximizing pleasure.
d. counts a variety of goods as intrinsically valuable.
e. incorporates social contract ethics.


d

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