Consequentialism is an approach to ethics that argues about the morality of an action is depending on the action’s outcome or consequence. Therefore‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations. The term "consequentialism" was coined by Elizabeth Anscombe in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy"‚ as a pejorative description of what she saw as the central error of certain moral theories
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cannot be used to judge the situation or to deduce possible moral rules. It is therefore necessary to base the discussion on a system of values. Of the three systems discussed during the course‚ I believe that anthropocentrism with a notion of consequentialism is what is currently applied by advocates of animal experiments. Anthropocentrism focuses on human beings and is concerned with their well-being. This is sometimes extended to include future generations which might not even be born yet. When
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To compare both quotes we first start by examining them individually‚ starting with Bentham. Who according to‚ nature has placed us under the governances of two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure. Bentham‚ who is a utilitarianism explains that this ethical theory is “the sum of every pleasure that results in an action‚ with the exception of those suffering or anyone involved in the action”. For Bentham‚ the greatest accomplishment for humankind is the search for the diminution of pain and to seek
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of consequentialism argue that we should obey the law since widespread disobedience would have the consequence of making social relations of any sort impossible. Hence‚ in the absence of the obligation to obey the law no society would be possible. Do you agree with this argument?’ INTRODUCTION Consequentialism is usually defined with the formula "one should always do that to bring best consequence: the value of an action derives solely from the value of its consequences". Consequentialism is
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CRG 520 ASSIGMENT THE MOVIE REVIEW ISTANBUL AKU DATANG PREPARED BY: NAME: NURUL HASIKIN BINTI NGAH MATRIC NO: 2011646112 GROUP: AC2204A Istanbul Aku Datang is a movie about a sweet and naive blogger named Dian who travels to Istanbul in plan to make her boyfriend‚ Azad‚ a medical student‚ to propose to her. She enrols in language course in the same university as Azad and in the period of three months‚ she hopes that her plan on convincing her boyfriend to propose her will be success
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Deontology focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves whereas utilitarian focuses on rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. Utilitarianism is the idea that the action’s moral value is based on its degree of maximizing pleasure and happiness as a consequence of the action. Hence‚ greater happiness the more beneficial or morally right it is based on this theory. It is a form of consequentialism compared to deontology which only takes into account of the moral
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but rather on the consequences of a code of rules. In favour of act consequentialism criterion of rightness and the dispositions it favours is important in many ways. It is important if we want to know what act-consequentialism want from us. It is also important if act consequentialism had better not conflict too sharply with our intuitive moral reactions. Nevertheless‚ the distinction is powerless to protect act-consequentialism from other objections. True‚ act
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Act consequentialism supports the idea that actions are made right or wrong based solely on their consequences. This means that a person would look to the consequences of a certain action to determine whether or not that action is right or wrong. A ‘right’ action would be one that leads to the best results where as a ‘wrong’ action would be one with less than ideal consequences. According to this basic theory‚ one would always choose the ‘right’ action because it leads to the most favorable consequences
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Thus‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations.(Branch&Doctrine 2014) Consequentialism is based on two principles‚ first one is whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act‚ and the second one is the more good consequences an act produces‚ the better or more right that act. A person should choose the
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These arguments are raised in two different approaches‚ which are consequentialist and non-consequentialist. Consequentialist is considered utilitarianism and the non-consequentialist as deontology that differs in their views. Consequentialism is all about the ‘actions of consequences‚’ which are based on justification. The people that favored affirmative action for consequences‚ for them it works until it produces the greatest happiness for the largest number of
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