According to Rule Utilitarianism, One Should Always Choose the Act

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to rule utilitarianism, one should always choose the act that

• A) would obtain the greatest overall utility in that situation.
• B) satisfies a utility-promoting rule or practice.
• C) will yield the most optimal consequences.
• D) best serves one's self-interests.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors or information through watching and imitating the actions of others, also known as social learning.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where two stimuli are consistently linked together, leading to a response initially triggered by the second stimulus but later induced by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the consequences of an action determine the likelihood of that action being repeated in the future.

Observational Learning

Acquiring knowledge by watching the actions of other people.