Consider the Following Statement

question 4

Multiple Choice

Consider the following statement:
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By "happiness" is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by "unhappiness," pain and the privation of pleasure.
This view is best described as

• A) consequentialist.
• B) deontological.
• C) virtue ethics.
• D) moral relativism.

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Definitions:

Self-Discipline

The ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses; the ability to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it.

Big Five

A theory in psychology that identifies five broad dimensions of personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Correlate

To have a mutual relationship or connection, where one variable affects or is linked to another.

Neuroticism

A personality trait associated with a higher propensity for experiencing negative emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression.