__________ claims/claimed that researchers can measure levels of happiness (pleasure) using surveys and that policymakers should make it their goal to increase the average level of happiness.
A) Richard Layard
B) Epicurus
C) Jean-Paul Sartre
D) Susan Wolf

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Richard Layard is known for advocating for the use of surveys to measure happiness levels and for promoting policies aimed at increasing overall happiness. Epicurus and Jean-Paul Sartre were philosophers who discussed happiness, but did not propose specific ways to measure or increase it. Susan Wolf is a philosopher who has worked on the concept of moral responsibility, but not on the measurement or policy implications of happiness levels.

__________ Claims/claimed That Researchers Can Measure Levels of Happiness (Pleasure)