Jeremy Bentham argued that morality is based on our obligation to follow rational moral laws, regardless of the consequences.

The ‘Principle of Utility’ states that morally right actions are ones that:

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The ‘benign home invader’ scenario is meant to show that:

Deontology is the view that ethics are based on:

In the U.S., the command-and-control environmental laws of the early 1970s, together with the ensuing amendments and updates that have been made to them over time,

In philosophy, a ‘claim’ is a statement of belief that is expressed propositionally.

In addition to virtuous behavior, Aristotle says there are two types of ‘vice’:

Ayn Rand believed that altruism is a reasonable moral framework.

If something is ‘good in itself’, it is: