According to the argument from evil pleasures
A) hedonism implies that happiness that comes from evil deeds is good.
B) happiness that comes from evil deeds is not as good as happiness that comes from good deeds.
C) hedonism is false.
D) All of the above

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The argument from evil pleasures suggests that if hedonism (the ethical theory that pleasure is the highest good and proper aim of human life) were true, it would imply that happiness derived from evil deeds is as good as happiness derived from good deeds, which seems morally incorrect. This leads to the conclusion that hedonism is false, as it fails to differentiate between the moral contexts of happiness. Thus, all of the statements A, B, and C are aspects of the critique against hedonism based on the argument from evil pleasures.

According to the Argument from Evil Pleasures