Both Utilitarianism and Cost-Benefit Analysis Think the Value of a Human

question 12

Multiple Choice

Both utilitarianism and cost-benefit analysis think the value of a human life is its contribution to the aggregated sum total of valuable consequences to society as a whole, therefore

• A) a large loss to one person can be justified by the offsetting benefit to society as a whole.
• B) it is important to recognize which duties to other are inviolable.
• C) the whole must sometimes suffer for the individual.
• D) None of the above

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