Utilitarianism is appealing as a standard for moral decision ...

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Utilitarianism is appealing as a standard for moral decision making in business. Which of the following provides a
  reason for this?

 
 

a. Utilitarianism provides an objective way of resolving conflicts of self-interest.
  b. Utilitarianism provides a rigid approach to moral decision making.
  c. Utilitarianism provides a fuzzy standard for formulating and testing policies.
  d. Utilitarianism gives us firm rules to follow, rules that don't permit exceptions

Question 2

The case of the death-bed promise shows that
 
 

a. utilitarianism may lead to conclusions that conflict with our ordinary ideas of right and wrong.
  b. keeping your promises never maximizes happiness.
  c. it was wrong to have made the promise in the first place.
  d. utilitarianism reduces effectively to egoism in practice

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

a