Why Is Bentham Interested in Measuring the "Value" of a Pleasure

question 915

Multiple Choice

Why is Bentham interested in measuring the "value" of a pleasure or pain?

• A) Because he wants to prove that actions that most people regard as morally good tend to promote the happiness of all affected.
• B) Because he needs to show that only pleasures and pains have genuine value to show that the principle of utility is the sole principle of morality.
• C) Because he wants to prove that some pleasures have a greater value than others.
• D) Because we must be able to calculate how much pleasure and pain a particular action would cause to determine whether it conforms to the principle of utility.

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Definitions:

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Iterative Technique

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