One of the Most Important Objections to Utilitarianism Is That

question 50

Multiple Choice

One of the most important objections to utilitarianism is that:

• A) it's too simple to account for all ethical situations.
• B) it sometimes requires us to perform types of acts e.g. lying) that we strongly believe are immoral.
• C) not everyone wants to be happy.
• D) it fails to define "happiness."
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Prosopagnosia

A neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.

Visual Sensation

The process of the eyes detecting light and converting it into neural signals that are interpreted by the brain to form visual perception.

Visual Perception

The process by which the brain interprets and makes sense of visual stimuli or images seen by the eyes.

Retinal Disparity

A binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.