| 单词 | consequentialism |
| 释义 | conseˈquentialism Philos.
[f. consequential a. + -ism.]
An ethical doctrine which holds that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences; cf. teleological ethics s.v. teleological a.
1969J. Cargile in Analysis XXIX. 83 Utilitarianism is sometimes thought of as a form of consequentialism. 1973K. Nielsen Ethics without God iv. 67 By such investigation we can get to the heart of the issue between such an absolutism and my kind of consequentialism. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Sept. 1002/5 Consequentialism..consists in views which take the rightness or wrongness of actions to depend upon their substantial consequences. 1982N.Y. Times 16 Nov. d26/6 A sound theological base, well defined and free from consequentialism and false ‘ends justify the means’ reasoning, is needed.
Hence conseˈquentialist n. and a.
1969Analysis XXIX. 88 A race of thorough-going consequentialists would not be human. Ibid., The consequentialist hero is a man whose reason is in complete control of his actions. 1973J. Fletcher in R. H. Williams To live & to Die ix. 121 Our moral acts..are right or wrong depending on the consequences aimed at... In the language of ethics this is called a ‘consequential’ method of moral judgment. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Sep. 1002/5 He makes some familiar points against certain consequentialist views. |
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