Which of the Following Considerations About Utilitarianism Is Correct

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following considerations about utilitarianism is correct?

• A)The great 19th century utilitarians,Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill,believed that pleasure and happiness were different things.
• B)Unlike Mill,Bentham was only concerned with the amount of pleasure that an action produces,not the quality of the pleasure.
• C)Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism boil down to the same thing.
• D)Utilitarians believe that we can't compare one person's happiness with that of another.

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Supply

The total amount of a good or service available for purchase at any given price.

Surplus

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Shortage

Situation in which the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied.

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