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Answer number 5 please

QUESTION 1 According to Utilitarianism A. killing the innocent is always morally wrong B. the only kind action that is necessarily moral is the one that maximizes utility . C. acting morally maximizes one's own utility D. acting morally minimizes suffering QUESTION 2 According to Utilitarianism, a particular action is praiseworthy if a. the particular action maximizes utility regardless of one's intent ob. actions of that kind maximize utility c. The practice of praising actions of that kind maximizes utility O d. None of the above QUESTION 3 taken into account According to Utilitarianism, in the calculation of the consequence of an action, the utility of each and every individual affected by the action is a. Never ob. Always O C. Sometimes d. Randomly QUESTION 4 According to the Divine Command Theory, actions are morally good a. if and only if they are deemed good by God ob. If they accord with one's own religious beliefs C. if they match the Ten Commandments o d. if they maximize God's happiness QUESTION 5 The greatest happiness principle states that moral actions are those that a. Maximize one's own happiness o b. Maximize the total gross amount of happiness, regardless of any suffering O C. prevent the greatest possible pain O d. none of the above

Answer 1

According to Utilitarianism

The answer is B

The only kind of action that is necessarily moral is the one that maximises utility.

Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism which determines that the consequences of the results of an action will decide whether they are right or wrong or good or bad. Weather the action is morally right or wrong depends on their affect.

According to utilitarianism, a particular action is praiseworthy if

The answer is A

The particular action maximises utility regardless of one’s intent.

In utilitarianism, morally praiseworthy actions are not necessarily the right actions and there need not be a connection between the morality of an action and the morality of the intentions behind it.

According to Utilitarianism, in the calculation of the consequence of an action, the utility of each and every individual affected by the action is always taken into account

According to Divine Command theory, actions are morally good

The answer is C

if they match ten commandments

The Divine Command theory asserts that good actions are morally good as a result that God commanded them, and many religious believers subscribe to some form of this theory.

The greatest happiness principle state that moral actions are those that

The answer is A

Maximize one’s own happiness

The principle holds that actions are right in proportion when they tend to promote happiness and wrong when they produce reverse of happiness

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