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karen

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A pluralistic utilitarian believes that any act that maximizes pleasure is right.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Explain why Individual Ethical Egoism fails.
 
  A. There is no justification to support the claim that everyone ought to do whatserves the interests of just one person because Universal Ethical Egoism isrationally required over Individual Ethical Egoism.
 B. There is no justification to support the claim that everyone ought to do whatserves the interests of just one person because fairness requires thateveryone act in their own self-interest.
 C. There is no justification to support the claim that everyone ought to do whatserves the interests of just one person because each person has a relatablecharacteri stic to the one to be served, which defies granting the one person
 special status over one's own self-interest.
  D. There is no justification to support the claim that everyone ought to do what
  serves the interests of just one person because no one has relatable
  characteristics, which defies granting the one person special status over one's
  own self-interest.



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Answer to Question 1

False

Answer to Question 2

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