Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Niccolò Machiavelli's theory that if the end is to maintain political power for oneself, one’s king, or one’s political party, that will justify any means one might use for that purpose, such as force, surveillance, or even deceit is both a consequentialist as well as a utilitarian theory.
2. The hedonistic calculus is a method by which we calculate the utility of an action according to its ability to produce pleasure or prevent pain.
3. One of the arguments against the hedonistic calculus is that it promotes selfish interests.
4. One of the arguments against the hedonistic calculus is that it is biased in favor of our choice of values.
5. Descartes argued that animals can't feel pain, because they have no mind.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
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