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consequentialism
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con·se·quen·tial·ism  (kns-kwnsh-lzm)
n.
The view that the value of an action derives solely from the value of its consequences.

conse·quential·ist n.

consequentialism [ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəˌlɪzəm]
n
(Philosophy) Ethics the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad


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Consent" (March), Randy Barnett writes that "there are very few libertarians today for whom consequences are not ultimately the reason why they believe in liberty," while Richard Epstein cheerfully agrees that libertarians are "all consequentialists now.
Those reading are most probably well aware that ethics cannot be reduced to a battle between Consequentialists and Kantians; moreover, there are many factors affecting why medical treatment and research proceed the way they do.
The value of any act, according to consequentialists, should be judged solely on the basis of that act's affects on others.
 
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