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| What kind of person should one be? - A virtuous person. |
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What should a person do?
-Consequentialism: A person should do what brings the best consequences.
-Nonconsequentialism: A person should do what is right, regardless of the consequences. |
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| Consequentialist Ethical Theory |
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| A person should do what brings about the best consequences; the moral worth of an act is determined by the consequences of the act. |
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The best consequences are those that benefit the agent. Humans should act in their self-interest. The agent determines what the best consequences are (usually pleasure, wealth, fame, power).
-Individual: Everyone out to act in my self-interest.
-Personal: I ought to act in my own self-interest, but can't speak for what others ought to do.
-Universal: Everyone should act in their own self-interest, regardless of others, unless other's self-interest is theirs. |
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