Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?
Correct answer: B. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number
- A. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools
- B. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number
- C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature
- D. a philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis.
Explanation
Utilitarianism, associated especially with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, judges actions by their consequences and seeks the greatest happiness of the greatest number. Its key idea is moral calculation of pleasure and pain, not literary interpretation or practical farming.
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