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Problems with Consequentalism
    #7757660 - 12/14/07 09:40 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the consequentialist view of morality, the view goes as follows:

Any action is moral insofar as it produces good consequences.

I recently heard someone say that this a flawed view simply because to evaluate whether an action is moral requires one to assume what the consequences of a given situation (and hence, the future) will be. Thus, in this person's view, consequentialism only works well in hindsight.

Thoughts?


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Re: Problems with Consequentalism [Re: vigilant_mind]
    #7757689 - 12/14/07 09:51 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I agree with them and we will never know the long term consequences of any action.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
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Re: Problems with Consequentalism [Re: vigilant_mind]
    #7758824 - 12/14/07 03:17 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Tell that deontological bastard that performing any action without considering its future consequences is soporose.


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Re: Problems with Consequentalism [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #7759044 - 12/14/07 04:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

He actually subscribes to the idea of virtue ethics.


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Re: Problems with Consequentalism [Re: vigilant_mind]
    #7759281 - 12/14/07 05:27 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Nichomenian?


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Re: Problems with Consequentalism [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #7759352 - 12/14/07 05:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I think so, but I'm not sure.


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