Multiple Choice
"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals 'utility' or 'the greatest happiness principle' holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure."
Because of its emphasis on pleasure, the moral theory described in this passage is certainly a form of __________.
A) egoism
B) hedonism
C) feminism
D) rational choice theory
Correct Answer:
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