Consequentialism

David Moroz ()
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David Moroz: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: Consequentialism can be defined as an instrumentalist approach to ethics that consists in evaluating a given system through its resulting effects (Pettit 2003; Anscombe 2005; Blackburn 2008), i.e., through the maximization of gains and the minimization of losses it enables (Baggini and Fosl 2007). Several forms of consequentialism can be identified (Baggini and Fosl 2007; Thiroux and Krasemann 2012), including the different types of utilitarianism. The different forms of consequentialism can be compared in function of (i) the set of principles adopted to define both positive and negative consequences, which raises the issue of the interpersonal comparison of utility (Gowdy 2004; Suzumura 1999) and (ii) the choice of the agents, in a given system, that should benefit from positive consequences.

Date: 2021-03-23
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Published in Alain Marciano; Giovanni Ramello. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2e Ed., Springer, pp.1-3, 2021, 978-1-4614-7883-6. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_628-2⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_628-2

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