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What is utilitarianism

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1. The philosophies of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas are similar in many ways.

2. What is the principle of double effect? How can this principle be applied to modern bioethics?

3. What is utilitarianism?

4. What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a categorical imperative?

5. "Act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" is an explanation of which imperative? What does it mean?

6. John Stuart Mill argued that 'It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied." What does he mean by this statement?

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