Which one of the following was NOT a problem regardingutilitarian ethics?
A) utilitarianism allows for slavery in rare cases where benefitsoutweigh costs
B) if only consequences matter, it is permissible in some cases topunish the innocent
C) if only consequences matter, it is permissible in some cases tobreak promises
D) utilitarianism is a cold and calculating doctrine by trying toquantify social benefits
According to the rule utilitarian, an act is morally rightprovided that:
A) the rule that governs the action achieves the greatest good forthe greatest number
B) the rule that governs the action can be willed to be a universalmoral law
C) the rule that governs the action is beneficial for the personperforming the action
D) the rule that governs the action makes each person happy vs.other rules of action
A key difference between ethical egoism (EE) and psychologicalegoism (PE) is:
A) EE is consequentialist whereas PE is deontological
B) EE is normative whereas PE is descriptive
C) EE assumes a theory of human nature whereas PE does not
D) EE cannot resolve moral conflicts whereas PE can
