Consequentialist

But, as a consequentialist, he realizes that his book will likely do more good if it offends fewer people, and so he deëmphasizes his suggestion that infanticide might sometimes be justified, though he doesn’t retract it.

Anscombe argues that consequentialist and deontological ethics are only feasible as universal theories if the two schools ground themselves in divine law.

At any rate, Machiavelli presents a pragmatic and somewhat consequentialist view of politics, whereby good and evil are mere means used to bring about an end—i.

Consequentialist theories that adopt this paradigm hold that right action is the action that will bring about the best consequences from this ideal observer's perspective.

Ethical egoism main Ethical egoism can be understood as a consequentialist theory according to which the consequences for the individual agent are taken to matter more than any other result.

He concludes from this that the protectionist position fails on its own consequentialist terms.

However, Negative utilitarianism lays out a consequentialist theory that focuses solely on minimizing bad consequences.

Many consequentialist theories may seem primarily concerned with human beings and their relationships with other human beings.

Negative consequentialism Most consequentialist theories focus on promoting some sort of good consequences.

Often "negative" consequentialist theories assert that reducing suffering is more important than increasing pleasure.

Similarly, a consequentialist theory may aim at the maximization of a particular virtue or set of virtues.

Similarly, Robert Nozick argues for a theory that is mostly consequentialist, but incorporates inviolable "side-constraints" which restrict the sort of actions agents are permitted to do.

Some argue that consequentialist and deontological theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Some property rights theorists (like Nozick) also take a consequentialist view of distributive justice and argue that property rights based justice also has the effect of maximizing the overall wealth of an economic system.

Some virtue ethicists hold that consequentialist theories totally disregard the development and importance of moral character.

The slippery slope (whether in fallacious form or not) is thus consequentialist – i.e., interested in consequences, outcomes or results of a course of action.

Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.

What benefits he will carry out; what does not benefit men he will leave alone. citation Unlike hedonistic utilitarianism, which views pleasure as a moral good, "the basic goods in Mohist consequentialist thinking are..

Whereas consequentialist theories posit that consequences of action should be the primary focus of our thinking about ethics, virtue ethics insists that it is the character rather than the consequences of actions that should be the focal point.

Whether a particular consequentialist theory focuses on a single good or many, conflicts and tensions between different good states of affairs are to be expected and must be adjudicated.