Which of the following considerations about utilitarianism is correct?
A)The great 19th century utilitarians,Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill,believed that pleasure and happiness were different things.
B)Unlike Mill,Bentham was only concerned with the amount of pleasure that an action produces,not the quality of the pleasure.
C)Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism boil down to the same thing.
D)Utilitarians believe that we can't compare one person's happiness with that of another.

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This is correct as Bentham believed in measuring pleasure quantitatively through the hedonic calculus, while Mill believed in measuring pleasure qualitatively by distinguishing between higher and lower pleasures.

Answer: C
 This is incorrect as act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism have fundamental differences in their approach to decision-making. Act utilitarianism focuses on analyzing the consequences of each individual act, while rule utilitarianism looks at the consequences of following specific rules or principles.

Answer: A and D
 These are incorrect as the great 19th century utilitarians, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, believed that pleasure and happiness were the same thing (A) and utilitarians do believe in comparing one person's happiness with that of another (D).

Which of the Following Considerations About Utilitarianism Is Correct