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Nonconsequentialism is the view that
{ 1 } - there are exceptionless duties.
{ 2 } - we ought to do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
{ 3 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
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Nonconsequentialism is the view that
{ 1 } - there are exceptionless duties.
{ 2 } - we ought to do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
{ 3 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
Some nonconsequentialists (like Ross) reject exceptionless duties.
Other nonconsequentialists (like Kant) accept exceptionless rules.
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Nonconsequentialism is the view that
{ 1 } - there are exceptionless duties.
{ 2 } - we ought to do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
{ 3 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
This is rule utilitarianism.
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Nonconsequentialism is the view that
{ 1 } - there are exceptionless duties.
{ 2 } - we ought to do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
{ 3 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
Nonconsequentialists hold that certain types of action either ought never to be done in any situation -- or at least have some independent moral weight against them.
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Nonconsequentialism is the view that
{ 1 } - there are exceptionless duties.
{ 2 } - we ought to do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
{ 3 } - some kinds of action (such as killing the innocent) are wrong in themselves, and not just wrong because they have bad consequences.
{ 4 } - we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences.
This is consequentialism.
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