Utilitarians believe that
A) knowledge, friendship, and aesthetic satisfaction are intrinsically valuable (or inherently good).
B) we can predict with certainty the future consequences of our actions.
C) an action that leads to unhappiness is morally right if any other action that you could have performed instead would have brought about even more unhappiness.
D) an action can't be right if the people who are made happy by it are outnumbered by the people who are made unhappy by it.
C
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A central conclusion of this chapter is that
A) ?if there is knowledge, it must be empirical. B) ?knowledge is innate. C) ?knowledge is subjective. D) ?knowledge requires a working out and systematic understanding of our claims.
Rene Descartes was more certain about the existence of his mind than the existence of his body.
a. true b. false
Macklin believes that a cultural practice is ethically wrong if it
a. fails to maximize utility. b. violates God's commandments. c. stops or slows human progress. d. violates human rights. e. undercuts respect for life in any form.
Jeremy Bentham writes, "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do."
A. True B. False