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olga2289 [7]
3 years ago
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According to John Stuart Mill, utilitarianism takes into account the happiness of Group of answer choices everyone, and weights

everyone’s happiness equally. everyone, but gives greater weight to those who are more intelligent. the agent (actor) and those the agent cares about. only the agent (actor).
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Ratling [72]3 years ago
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The correct answer is A. Everyone, and weights everyone’s happiness equally.

Explanation:

John Stuart Mill was a prominent philosopher in economics and also in "utilitarianism". According to Mill, utilitarianism focuses on promoting actions that support the happiness of individuals, while avoiding those that restrict happiness. Additionally, Mill proposes the greatest-happiness principle that implies individuals should act to promote happiness in all "sentient beings", this means actions should consider the happiness of everyone. Also, each action should produce the greatest happiness, which means it should make the most individuals happy. In this context, the happiness of each individual should is equally important. Therefore, utilitarianism takes into account the happiness of everyone, and weights everyone's happiness.

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