Suppose You Are a Utilitarian,and Suppose It Is an Empirical

question 4

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are a utilitarian,and suppose it is an empirical fact that wars invariably cause more bad consequences than good.To be consistent,you then would have to accept the view known as:

• A)personal pacifism.
• B)just war pacifism.
• C)realism.
• D)antiwar pacifism.

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Definitions:

Festinger and Carlsmith

Researchers known for their 1959 cognitive dissonance experiment which demonstrated how individuals seek consistency among their cognitions.

Counterattitudinal Behaviour

Actions that contradict one's own beliefs or attitudes, often used in experiments to explore cognitive dissonance.

Vignette

A short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or character and gives a trenchant impression about that character, an idea, setting, or object.

Classical Conditioning

A learning framework in which the recurrent association of two stimuli results in a response that, while initially evoked by the second stimulus, is subsequently evoked by the first stimulus alone.