consequentialism in English

noun
1
the doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences.
This entry will not go into the many issues that arise in the discussion of deontology and consequentialism here.

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1. The implausibility of one version of consequentialism does not make consequentialism implausible in general, since other versions of consequentialism still might be plausible.

2. See also: Cosequin, Consequently, Consequential, Consequence, Consequentially, Consequentialism, Consequenting, Consequentialist, Consequent

3. One important characteristic of many normative moral theories such as consequentialism is the ability to produce practical moral judgements.

4. In addition to the questionnaire, we conducted a large-group experience to explore four basic orientations of participants in ethical thinking: relativism, intentionalism, consequentialism, and absolutism.