What Is Act Utilitarianism

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is act utilitarianism?

• A) The view that an action is right if it benefits more people than it harms, where benefits and harms are understood in terms of pleasure and pain.
• B) The view that an action is right if and only if it produces more happiness, on balance, than any other available action, counting each person's happiness equally.
• C) The view that an action is right if and only if it promotes at least one person's goals and does not treat anyone merely as a means.
• D) The view that an action is right if it maximizes the total happiness in the world, ignoring any suffering inflicted on people who deserve it.

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