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consequentialism
[ kon-si-kwen-shuh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- the theory that human actions derive their moral worth solely from their outcomes or consequences.
- the theory that ethical decisions should be made on the basis of the expected outcome or consequences of the action.
consequentialism
/ 藢办蓲苍蝉瑟藞办飞蓻苍蕛蓹藢濒瑟锄蓹尘 /
noun
- ethics the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞苍顎却别路辩耻别苍顎僼颈补濒路颈蝉迟 noun
Example Sentences
Almost all versions of the family of moral theories known as consequentialism hold that pleasure is morally good and pain and suffering are morally bad.
In Slate Plus: Barry talks to Sarah Lustbader, senior contributor to the Appeal and senior legal counsel for the Justice Collaborative, about the comparative significance of mens rea versus moral luck in prosecution and why the deontology/consequentialism debate in criminal justice policy is so difficult.
Where 鈥渃onsequentialism鈥 is concerned with the effects of an action, virtue ethics is concerned with what sort of person you are.
Human decisions may be guided by a set of explicit rules, or by associations simply based on consequentialism, or by a combination.
In their pursuit of survival, men and women employ Machiavellian game theory and adopt a bleak consequentialism.
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