If Getting What We Want Makes Us Better Off, Then

question 18

Multiple Choice

If getting what we want makes us better off, then

• A) all of our actions are self-interested.
• B) when we do what we want, our actions are self-interested.
• C) when we do what we want and what we want is to make ourselves better off, our actions are self-interested.
• D) None of the above

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