Definitions from Wiktionary (consequentialism)
▸ noun: (ethics) The ethical study of morals, duties and rights with an approach that focuses consequences of a particular action or cause.
▸ noun: (ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.
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▸ noun: (ethics) The ethical study of morals, duties and rights with an approach that focuses consequences of a particular action or cause.
▸ noun: (ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.
Similar:
descriptive ethics,
deontology,
ethics,
teleologism,
moral philosophy,
moralistics,
metaethics,
comparative ethics,
morality,
normative ethics,
more...
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Adjectives:
rule,
non,
sophisticated,
indirect,
utilitarian,
homeostatic,
objective,
multivalue,
factoral,
local,
theoretic
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