Doctrine that the moral rightness of an act or policy depends entirely on its consequences; the moral goodness of the agent depending on the act’s expected or intended consequences.
This is one form of teleology, utilitarianism is one form of consequentialism.
Objections include the apparent moral counterintuitiveness of many consequentialist prescriptions, especially in connection with justice, reward and punishment, and with the difficulties in deciding what the consequences of an action are.
Also see: deontology
Source:
P Foot, ‘Utilitarianism and the Virtues’, Mind (1985); with discussion by S Scheffler
Table of Contents
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- 2.1 Consequentialism (Wiley Blackwell Readings in Philosophy Book 7)
- 2.2 Consequentialism (New Problems of Philosophy)
- 2.3 Commonsense Consequentialism: Wherein Morality Meets Rationality (Oxford Moral Theory)
- 2.4 Beyond Consequentialism
- 2.5 Consequentialism And Its Critics (Oxford Readings In Philosophy)
- 2.6 Consequentialism
- 2.7 Epistemic Consequentialism
- 2.8 Morality and Rational Choice (Theory and Decision Library A:)
- 2.9 The Demands of Consequentialism
- 2.10 Consequentialism
Videos
Consequentialism (Wiley Blackwell Readings in Philosophy Book 7)
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- English (Publication Language)
- 312 Pages - 06/09/2008 (Publication Date) - Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Consequentialism (New Problems of Philosophy)
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- Driver, Julia (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 192 Pages - 01/11/2012 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
Commonsense Consequentialism: Wherein Morality Meets Rationality (Oxford Moral Theory)
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- Portmore, Douglas W. (Author)
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- 287 Pages - 10/05/2011 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Beyond Consequentialism
- Hardcover Book
- Hurley, Paul (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 288 Pages - 12/20/2009 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Consequentialism And Its Critics (Oxford Readings In Philosophy)
- English (Publication Language)
- 304 Pages - 04/14/1988 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press, U.S.A. (Publisher)
Epistemic Consequentialism
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- English (Publication Language)
- 343 Pages - 05/03/2018 (Publication Date) - OUP Oxford (Publisher)
Morality and Rational Choice (Theory and Decision Library A:)
- Hardcover Book
- Baron, J. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 208 Pages - 05/31/1993 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
The Demands of Consequentialism
- Mulgan, Tim (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 322 Pages - 12/22/2005 (Publication Date) - Oxford University Press, USA (Publisher)
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