John Stuart Mill | Utilitarianism

question 43

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John Stuart Mill | Utilitarianism
Mill criticizes existing ethical theories based on abstract principles that fail to apply directly to human action and its consequences. He builds on earlier conceptions of utilitarianism from Epicurus to Bentham by distinguishing between different qualities of human pleasure, which include both the intellectual and the sensual (the higher and lower pleasures) .
-Who has a greater chance of experiencing complete satisfaction, according to Mill?

• A) a being of higher faculties
• B) a person who loves liberty and independence
• C) someone whose capacity of enjoyment is low
• D) someone whose capacity of enjoyment is high

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Mediator Involvement

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Contracts where parties agree in advance to resolve future disputes through arbitration rather than litigation, often as a condition of employment.

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