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2. What does classical utilitarianism argue?

  • What is good is all about people's preference.
  • That pain should be minimised rather than seeking happiness.
  • That what is "good" is the promotion of pleasure and happiness.
  • That the view of a moral value of an action lies in it's consequence.

3. Who was Jeremy Bentham?

  • An English scientist and a mathematician.
  • An English philosopher and social reformer.
  • A French philosopher.
  • A French politician.

4. What does the hedonic calculus measure?

  • Contribution to self esteem.
  • Intensity and duration
  • heaviness of action
  • goodness of an action

5. What is the principle of utility?

  • That utility is about human psycology human behaviour.
  • An action that ought to be performed only if it brings out the maximum amount of pleasure for as many parties as possible.
  • It is all about how pain can be measured by hedonic calculus.
  • The pleasure of an individual society is the only sole good in the universe.

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