consequentialism

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Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions solely by their outcomes or consequences.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethical theory
moral theory
normative ethical theory
appliedIn applied ethics
bioethics
business ethics
cost–benefit analysis
public policy analysis
contrastsWith deontology
virtue ethics
coreClaim moral rightness depends only on consequences
criticizedFor demandingness
ignoring intentions
neglect of individual rights
potentially justifying harmful acts
problems of measuring consequences
problems of predicting consequences
denies intrinsic moral importance of motives
intrinsic moral importance of rules
emphasizes overall value of outcomes
evaluates rightness of actions by outcomes
wrongness of actions by outcomes
focusesOn consequences of actions
hasVariant agent-neutral consequentialism
agent-relative consequentialism
altruistic consequentialism
egoistic consequentialism
ethical consequentialism
hedonistic consequentialism
ideal consequentialism
non-welfarist consequentialism
objective consequentialism
preference consequentialism
subjective consequentialism
welfarist consequentialism
includes act consequentialism
global consequentialism
motive consequentialism
negative consequentialism
rule consequentialism
satisficing consequentialism
scalar consequentialism
utilitarianism
influencedBy Henry Sidgwick
Jeremy Bentham NERFINISHED
John Stuart Mill NERFINISHED
classical utilitarianism
relatedConcept aggregation of individual outcomes
impartiality
maximization of value
utility
welfare
studiedIn moral philosophy

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Epicureanism ethicalFocus consequentialism
Utilitarianism isFormOf consequentialism
Kantianism opposes consequentialism