consequentialist
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- noun
- /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəlɪst/
- Specialized
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consecuencialista
- There is thus no contradiction in being a consequentialist and denying the existence of any objective morality.
So from a consequentialist, just the outcome, does the end justify the means?
- So from a consequentialist, just the outcome, does the end justify the means?
Examples
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I'm a consequentialist, so I'm interested in outcomes.
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So from a consequentialist, just the outcome, does the end justify the means?
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So I think of that as an important division between the two types of consequentialist views we look at.
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I am, as I said, a consequentialist.
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I am a consequentialist, and so, frankly, equality is only a means to an end for me.
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The people who say yes would fall under what we call consequentialist or utilitarian moral philosophy.
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Let's say you are a consequentialist when it comes to moral decision-making.
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For a consequentialist, the meaning of "you should" is "maximizes your utility."
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I respond: As a consequentialist, I do not believe that a person can have moral responsibility for hypothetical events; only actual harms count.
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A consequentialist believes that the rightness of an action is judged by its results.
Antonyms
- Specialized
A person who believes actions are right because they follow moral rules or duties
How Outcome-Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
consequentialist = consequential (transparent) = consequence + ial + ist
Built from the adjective 'consequential' with the productive agent/affiliative suffix '-ist', yielding a person who adheres to consequentialist views.
Etymology
The word consequentialist comes from consequence, from con- 'with' and sequi 'to follow', so a consequentialist is a person who decides right or wrong by looking at the results or what 'follows' an action.