Question

Rule consequentialism is the view that:__________
a. an action is morally right just because it is required by an optimific social rule.
b. we ought to usually follow consequentialism but may occasionally do otherwise for the sake of self-interest.
c. the best way to maximize happiness is to follow existing social rules.
d. acts are morally right if and only if they create the greatest amount of well-being.

Answer 1

Answer: a. an action is morally right just because it is required by an optimific social rule.

Explanation:

Rule of consequentialism is of opinion that an act can be considered right based on its correlation with some special code rules and not based on how good the result of the consequence is.

For example it is a world wide moral standard that lying is not good, but the rule of consequentialism approves lying if it will save a life.