Rule Consequentialism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The theory of morality we can call full rule-consequentialism selects rules solely in terms of the goodness of their consequences and then claims that these rules determine which kinds of acts are morally wrong George Berkeley was arguably the first rule-consequentialist
Consequentializing (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Act-consequentialism is one of today’s leading moral theories Broadly construed, it holds that the ultimate right-making feature of an act is that its outcome is not evaluatively outranked by that of any available alternative
Deontological Ethics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Because deontological theories are best understood in contrast to consequentialist ones, a brief look at consequentialism and a survey of the problems with it that motivate its deontological opponents, provides a helpful prelude to taking up deontological theories themselves
Jeremy Bentham - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy On the other hand, the implicit consequentialism of utilitarian theory is central to Bentham’s theory of punishment, in which the objective was to ensure that a punishment is in proportion to the mischief produced by a crime and sufficient to deter others from committing the same offence
Virtue Ethics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach that emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism)
Contractualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) For a foundational consequentialist account of morality (such as utilitarianism), the wrongness of the action is based solely and directly on the suffering it would cause
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