Suppose You Break Your Promise to Visit Your Dying Grandmother

question 29

Multiple Choice

Suppose you break your promise to visit your dying grandmother on the grounds that you can create more happiness by partying with your friends. This utilitarian view of the situation seems to conflict with our commonsense

• A) view of justice.
• B) view of rights.
• C) view of our obligations to other people.
• D) notion of utilitarian morality.

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Definitions:

Proposition

A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion, or in logic, the content of an assertion that can be true or false.

Standard Form

A recognized format for presenting arguments or statements in a structured and consistent manner.

Exist

Refers to having actual being or reality.

Contrapositive

A logical statement derived from another by negating and swapping its terms, proving the original statement if true.