Which principle is also called the "greatest happiness principle"?

A) The principle of utility
B) The principle of double effect
C) The pleasure principle
D) The paternalist principle

Greatest Happiness Principle

The ethical principle that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness, core to Utilitarian philosophy.

Utility

In economics and philosophy, the measure of satisfaction or benefit that an individual receives from a choice or action; in utilitarianism, it's the overall happiness or good produced.

Double Effect

An ethical principle that allows actions which have two effects: one intended and good, and the other unintended and potentially harmful, under certain conditions.