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Consequentialism and moral
Consequentialism can also be contrasted with aretaic moral theories such as virtue ethics.
Here, the relevant question is whether the action is moral or not, but more broadly whether a moral theory is correct that says morality is determined solely by an action's consequences ( See Consequentialism ).

Consequentialism and theories
Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of that conduct.
More broadly, utilitarian theories are examples of Consequentialism.
Consequentialism is sometimes confused with utilitarianism, but utilitarianism is only one member of a broad family of consequentialist theories.

Consequentialism and consequences
In Satisficing Consequentialism Michael Slote argues for a form of utilitarianism where “ an act might qualify as morally right through having good enough consequences, even though better consequences could have been produced .” One advantage of such a system is that it would be able to accommodate the notion of supererogatory actions.

Consequentialism and action
* Consequentialism ( Teleology ) argues that the morality of an action is contingent on the action's outcome or result.

Consequentialism and rule
* Consequentialism: Some advocates base the non-aggression principle on rule utilitarianism or rule egoism.
* Consequentialism: Some advocates base the non-aggression principle on rule utilitarianism or rule egoism.

refers and moral
Chastity refers to the sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization or religion.
This phrase refers to the physical nature and quality of the act, rather than the moral quality.
Classically, natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature — both social and personal — and deduce binding rules of moral behavior.
These three together make up the intellectual ( as opposed to the physical ) system of the universe ; and they are opposed respectively by three false principles, atheism, religious fatalism which refers all moral distinctions to the will of God, and thirdly the fatalism of the ancient Stoics, who recognized God and yet identified Him with nature.
" It is important to note that " the predicate ' personal ' as applied to God " does not mean that God is corporeal or anthropomorphic, views which Judaism has always rejected ; rather, " personality " refers not to physicality but to " inner essence, psychical, rational, and moral.
In Judaism, the term " Torah " refers not only to the Five Books of Moses, but also to all of the Jewish scriptures ( the whole of Tanakh ), and the ethical and moral instructions of the rabbis ( the Oral Torah ).
* The moral model refers to the attitude that people are morally responsible for their own disability.
As the leader of a women's charitable organisation, she assumes a social and moral superiority over Inspector Goole, whose questioning style she frequently refers to as " impertinent " and " offensive ".
Corruption usually refers to spiritual or moral impurity.
A debt is an obligation owed by one party ( the debtor ) to a second party, the creditor ; usually this refers to assets granted by the creditor to the debtor, but the term can also be used metaphorically to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on economic value.
Civics refers not to the ethical or moral or political basis by which a ruler acquires power, but only to the processes and procedures they follow in actually exercising it.
However, the Stoic concept of arete is much nearer to the Christian conception of virtue, which refers to the moral virtues.
Religious law refers to ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
In its secondary meaning, Hebrew, as with English " commandment ," refers to a moral deed performed as a religious duty.
This is because the Latin word for oak, robur, also refers to moral and physical strength, and because of the importance of the Charter Oak to the state's history.
John Stuart Mill, discussing the fallibility of the moral consensus in his Essay " On Liberty " ( 1859 ) refers scornfully to the odium theologicum, saying that, in a sincere bigot, it is one of the most unequivocal cases of moral feeling.
The abortion debate refers to the ongoing controversy surrounding the moral and legal status of abortion.
Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating or theft.
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian moral tradition, particularly within Catholicism, that refers to laziness.
In moral theology, especially Catholic, it refers especially to the view in casuistry that in difficult matters of conscience one may safely follow a doctrine that is probable, for example is approved by a recognized Doctor of the Church, even if the opposite opinion is more probable.
Moral character primarily refers to the assemblage of qualities that distinguish one individual from another — although on a cultural level, the set of moral behaviors to which a social group adheres can be said to unite and define it culturally as distinct from others.
The concept of Western Betrayal refers to the view that United Kingdom and France failed to meet their legal, diplomatic, or moral obligations with respect to Czechoslovakia during the Munich Agreement and subsequent Occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany, as well as to Poland on the eve of the World War II.

refers and theories
Evolutionary aesthetics refers to evolutionary psychology theories in which the basic aesthetic preferences of Homo sapiens are argued to have evolved in order to enhance survival and reproductive success.
In Braid's day, the Scottish School of Common Sense provided the dominant theories of academic psychology and Braid refers to other philosophers within this tradition throughout his writings.
Antonio Negri, main theorist of Italian autonomismAutonomism refers to a set of left-wing political and social movements and theories close to the socialist movement.
Market socialism refers to an array of different economic theories and systems that utilise the market mechanism to organise production and to allocate factor inputs among socially owned enterprises, with the economic surplus ( profits ) accruing to society in a social dividend as opposed to private capital owners.
The term " state " refers to a set of different, but interrelated and often overlapping, theories about a certain range of political phenomena.
In modern science, the term " theory " refers to scientific theories, a well-confirmed type of explanation of nature, made in a way consistent with scientific method, and fulfilling the criteria required by modern science.
The term razor refers to distinguishing between two theories either by " shaving away " unnecessary assumptions or cutting apart two similar theories.
In contemporary academic theories, the term bourgeoisie usually refers to the ruling class in capitalist societies.
Philosophical hermeneutics refers primarily to the theory of knowledge initiated by Martin Heidegger and developed by Hans-Georg Gadamer in Truth and Method, and sometimes to the theories of Paul Ricoeur.
The term popular psychology ( frequently called pop psychology or pop psych ) refers to concepts and theories about human mental life and behavior that are purportedly based on psychology and that attain popularity among the general population.
# In the context of quantum mechanics, " classical theory " refers to theories of physics that do not use the quantisation paradigm, particularly Newtonian mechanics ( which is also known as classical mechanics ).
# In the context of general and special relativity, " classical theory " refers to classical mechanics, and other theories which obey Galilean relativity.
Unlike neo-Darwinism, the term neo-Lamarckism refers more to a loose grouping of largely heterodox theories and mechanisms that emerged after Lamarck's time, than to any coherent body of theoretical work.
Chinese federalism refers to political theories which argue that China's central government either does or should devolve large amounts of power to local entities.
Adam Smith, one of the earliest classical economists, refers to public opinion in his Theory of Moral Sentiments, but it was Jeremy Bentham, the famous utilitarian Philosopher, who fully developed theories of public opinion.
Contingency theory refers to any of a number of management theories.
Immanence refers to philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence, in which the divine is seen to be manifested in or encompassing the material world.
Some recent theories have claimed Mithra represents the sun itself, but the Khorda Avesta refers to the sun as a separate entity as well as the moon with which the sun has " the best of friendships ,"( Khwarshed Niyayesh 15 )
"( Procopius " Περί κτισμάτων " / On buildings, book IV, 1. 3 ) Although Prokopios refers to it as " a city of Thessaly " the description is undoubtedly that of Kastoria, a city on a promontory in a lake. There are several theories about the origin of the name Kastoria.
The most common usage refers to analysis or theories which only attempt to describe how things ' are ', as opposed to how they ' should ' be.
There are numerous theories about the origin of the rhyme, these include: James Orchard Halliwell's suggestion that it was a corruption of ancient Greek, probably advanced as a result of a deliberate hoax ; that it was connected with Hathor worship ; that it refers to various constellations ( Taurus, Canis minor, the Big Dipper etc.
The term " classical " refers not only to the chronology of these models but also contrasts with the more recent psychometric theories, generally referred to collectively as item response theory, which sometimes bear the appellation " modern " as in " modern latent trait theory ".
One of the most prominent theories is that " silence " refers to a state in which one is unable to take in meanings, which means that for a person to experience silence, they must have no thought — something believed impossible.

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