If, According to Jeremy Bentham, Only the Total Quantity of Happiness

question 31

Multiple Choice

If, according to Jeremy Bentham, only the total quantity of happiness produced by an action matters, then the person closest to the moral ideal would be

• A) the self-denying monk.
• B) the glutton.
• C) the academic scholar.
• D) a disciplined soldier.

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Slope-Intercept Form

A linear equation of the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

Equation

A statement that asserts the equality of two expressions, usually represented by the symbol "=".

Slope-Intercept Form

A way of writing the equation of a line as y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.