What Is the Moral Standard That Utilitarianism Uses in Making

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is the moral standard that utilitarianism uses in making decisions?

• A) intellectual contentment,understood by lack of internal conflict
• B) pleasure,understood as an amount of satisfaction
• C) happiness,understood as the balance of pleasure over pain
• D) happiness,understood as a state of contentment

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