In Describing Ethical Theories, Which of the Following Is True

question 4

Multiple Choice

In describing ethical theories, which of the following is true?

• A) The root of "compassion" comes from a Greek phrase meaning "to compare feelings."
• B) The Stoics believed in the greatest good for the greatest number, as the basis for morality.
• C) Augustine quipped that life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
• D) Kant believes that autonomy of alcoholic patients is best respected by understanding that alcoholism is a disease over which they have little free will.
• E) Some forms of utilitarianism consider the suffering of animals in calculating the greatest good for the greatest number.

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