单词 consequentialism 释义 BETA

Examples ofconsequentialism

Dictionary> Examples ofconsequentialismconsequentialismisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionThe case for separability as a requirement ofconsequentialismis straightforward in my opinion.From theCambridge English CorpusMediated by the appropriate understanding of character traits,consequentialismand genuine friendship are, conceptually speaking, perfectly compatible.From theCambridge English CorpusConsequentialismrequires that one should choose that plan which realizes the best possible outcomes.From theCambridge English CorpusAs these points suggest, the person-based intuition marks badly needed common ground between at least some forms ofconsequentialismand various non-consequentialist approaches.From theCambridge English CorpusBut then, perhaps the argument in the appendix shows a collapse at least to an agent-relative kind ofconsequentialism.From theCambridge English CorpusHow are we to interpret this disavowal ofconsequentialism?From theCambridge English CorpusOne problem is that, arguably, sophisticatedconsequentialismis too sophisticated for its own good.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, we cannot invoke considerations ofconsequentialismwhen we have to decide how we should decide.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, if our knowledge of mental states is ascriptive, this form of objectiveconsequentialismmay make excessive demands.From theCambridge English CorpusObjectiveconsequentialismseems to me a coherent and interesting position.From theCambridge English CorpusShe does this, first, by raising serious objections to traditional virtue ethical theories and, second, by demonstrating how wellconsequentialismcan account for virtue evaluation.From theCambridge English CorpusBut this faces a different difficulty: it makesconsequentialismtrue by definition.From theCambridge English CorpusSo far, therefore, we have: utilitarianism =consequentialism+ welfarism + sum-ranking.From theCambridge English CorpusWe could get different versions of satisficingconsequentialismby giving the existential quantifier narrow scope.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, this way of reasoning seems intuitively plausible to me, as well as compatible withconsequentialism.From theCambridge English CorpusI have argued that a new version of the charge thatconsequentialismand friendship are incompatible is available.From theCambridge English CorpusAccording to anti-reductionistconsequentialism, action optimality and rightness are distinct properties, and a thing has the latter because it has the former.From theCambridge English CorpusThat discussion will also allow us to see the significance of the distinction between reductionist and anti-reductionist versions ofconsequentialism.From theCambridge English CorpusAccording to objectiveconsequentialism, an agent acts wrongly (and usually blameworthiness goes along with acting wrongly) when the consequences of her action are sub-optimal.From theCambridge English Corpus

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