John Stuart Mill: Quality over Quantity
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What is the primary concern of the duty of justice according to Ross?

  • To promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number
  • To foster the moral goodness of individuals
  • To prioritize the well-being of the most virtuous individuals
  • To prevent an unjust distribution of benefits or burdens (correct)
  • Which duty is concerned with improving the conditions of others?

  • Duty of Beneficence (correct)
  • Duty of Non-maleficence
  • Duty of Self-improvement
  • Duty of Justice
  • What is the primary goal of the duty of self-improvement?

  • To promote one's own health, security, wisdom, and happiness (correct)
  • To improve the conditions of others
  • To act in accordance with moral principles
  • To promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number
  • What is the primary concern of the duty of non-maleficence?

    <p>To avoid harming others physically or psychologically</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis of the duty of justice, according to Ross?

    <p>The distribution of pleasure or happiness that is not in accord with the merit of the persons concerned</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of the duty of beneficence?

    <p>To improve the conditions of others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of the duty of self-improvement?

    <p>To promote one's own good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of the duty of non-maleficence?

    <p>To avoid harming others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis of the duty of beneficence, according to Ross?

    <p>The fact that there are other beings in the world whose condition we can make better</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of the duty of justice?

    <p>To prevent an unjust distribution of benefits or burdens</p> Signup and view all the answers

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