Which best describes Bentham's utilitarianism?
A) We should only promote pleasures we would want others to promote for ourselves.
B) Utility should always be universalizable.
C) Utility is a function of certainty, duration, remoteness, and intensity of pleasure.
D) There are higher and lower pleasures and we should prefer to maximize the higher pleasures.

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Bentham's utilitarianism is characterized by the principle that the best action is the one that maximizes utility, defined in terms of the happiness or pleasure generated. He quantified this utility in terms of factors like certainty, duration, remoteness, and intensity of pleasure, which is what option C describes.

Which Best Describes Bentham's Utilitarianism