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Consequentialism holds that
{ 1 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 2 } - we ought to evaluate consequences solely in terms of promoting pleasure and mininizing pain.
{ 3 } - both the consequences of the action and the kind of action are important to evaluating the act morally.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
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Consequentialism holds that
{ 1 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 2 } - we ought to evaluate consequences solely in terms of promoting pleasure and mininizing pain.
{ 3 } - both the consequences of the action and the kind of action are important to evaluating the act morally.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
This is nonconsequentialism.
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Consequentialism holds that
{ 1 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 2 } - we ought to evaluate consequences solely in terms of promoting pleasure and mininizing pain.
{ 3 } - both the consequences of the action and the kind of action are important to evaluating the act morally.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
This is hedonism.
A consequentialist could reject hedonism and evaluate consequences in terms of other things besides pleasure and pain.
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Consequentialism holds that
{ 1 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 2 } - we ought to evaluate consequences solely in terms of promoting pleasure and mininizing pain.
{ 3 } - both the consequences of the action and the kind of action are important to evaluating the act morally.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
Most nonconsequentialists would agree with this.
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Consequentialism holds that
{ 1 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 2 } - we ought to evaluate consequences solely in terms of promoting pleasure and mininizing pain.
{ 3 } - both the consequences of the action and the kind of action are important to evaluating the act morally.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
It doesn't in itself matter what kind of thing we do. What matters is that we maximize good results.
There are many kinds of consequentialism. These differ, for example, on whether to maximize good results for ourselves only (egoism) or for everyone affected by our action (utilitarianism) -- and on whether to evaluate consequences solely in terms of pleasure and pain (hedonism).
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