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For utilitarians, something is useful when it promotes:

AHastiness
BHappiness
CHardness
DHandiness
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Happiness
1. Pleasure is the measure of usefulness. 2. Pain counts against it. 3. So it promotes happiness. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 9, Normative Moral Theory._
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