Which of the following criticisms have been made of utilitarian ethics (several)

a. it demands too much of people
b. it relies too much on predicting the future
c. it confuses charity with duty
d. it deglects human happiness
e. it assumes there can be a 'common measure' of value, but there isn't one


Answer:
a. it demands too much of people
b. it relies too much on predicting the future
e. it assumes there can be a 'common measure' of value, but there isn't one

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