The Point of the "Torture of the Week" Example Is

question 95

Multiple Choice

The point of the "Torture of the Week" example is to show that:

• A) we don't really understand the Principle of Utility.
• B) a society is only as morally good as the people who compose it.
• C) we need to revise our common notion of "happiness."
• D) Kant was correct.
• E) if act utilitarianism is correct, then some obviously immoral acts are permissible.

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