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Consequentialism

In moral philosophy, consequentialism is a class of normative, teleological ethical theories that holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for judgement about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (including omission from acting) is one that will produce a good …

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related to Further reading · 47
Consequentialism → An, Blackwell, Buddhist Ethics, CA, Cato Institute, Charles, Commonsense Consequentialism, Compassion, Conceptions, Concern, Consequences, Considerations Underlying Rival Moral, Darwall, Defense, Douglas, Goodman, Honderich, In Hamowy, ISBN, LCCN
related to External links · 19
Consequentialism → Brad, Bradley, Dowden, Edward, Ethics Unwrapped, Fieser, Hooker, In Zalta, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, OCLC, Philosophy, Rule Consequentialism, Sinnott-Armstrong, Stanford Encyclopedia, Texas, University, Walter
related to Criticisms · 12
Consequentialism → Anscombe, Anscombe's, Benevolent Motives, For, He, Immanuel Kant, On, Sidgwick, Supposed Right, Tell Lies, That, The
related to Rule consequentialism · 12
Consequentialism → Amartya Sen, For, However, In, Like, Nozick's, Robert Nozick, Rule, That, There, Thus, Various
related to Actualism and possibilism · 11
Consequentialism → According, Actualism, Actualists, But, For, Gifre, Having, Not, Now, Possibilists, The
related to State consequentialism · 10
Consequentialism → According, Against Music Part, BC, BCE, Chapter, Mohist, Mozi, Philosophy, Stanford Encyclopedia, State
related to Etymology · 9
Consequentialism → Anscombe, However, Mill, Mill's, Modern Moral Philosophy, Ross, Ross's, The, This
related to Value of consequences · 8
Consequentialism → According, As, Closely, However, One, Other, Similarly, Thus
related to Classification · 7
Consequentialism → Greek, Machiavelli, One, Ovid, Proponents, Teleological, This
related to Consequences for whom · 4
Consequentialism → Consequences, Moral, That, Varieties

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Consequentialismis atheory that is sometimes seen as an attempt to reconcile consequentialism with deontology0.90text
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consequentialism is the ability to produce practical moral judgementsinstance ofIssuesAction guidanceOne important characteristic of many normative moral theories0.80text
voluntary euthanasia.Actualisminstance ofThis contrast is brought out in issues0.80text
possibilismThe normative status of an action depends on its consequences according to consequentialisminstance ofThis contrast is brought out in issues0.80text
consequentialism is the ability to produce practical moral judgementsinstance ofAction guidanceOne important characteristic of many normative moral theories0.80text
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