Which of the Following Considerations About Utilitarianism Is Correct

question 46

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)Bentham was concerned with the quantity of pleasure that an action produces,not with distinctions based on the type of the pleasure.
• C)Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism consistently agree upon which actions are morally right.
• D)Utilitarians believe that we can't compare one person's happiness with that of another.

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Recognize job rotation and its purpose in employee motivation and skill diversity.

Understand the relevance of expectancy theory, especially concerning self-efficacy and individual performance.

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