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Title: Which of the following is a common objection to Utilitarianism?
Post by: Blacknijapowerr on Feb 8, 2018
Which of the following is a common objection to Utilitarianism?
 
 

a. The theory requires us to compare alternative courses of action, but the
  outcomes of the various alternatives are often uncertain.
  b. The theory concerns itself with the total amount of happiness, and not with
  how that happiness is distributed.
  c. The theory may require that some peoples happiness be sacrificed in order
  to achieve the greatest overall amount of happiness.
  d. All of the above



Title: Which of the following is a common objection to Utilitarianism?
Post by: 14arnfen on Feb 8, 2018
ANS: D