Definition of Consequentialism
the idea that the value of an action is based solely upon the results of that action
Examples of Consequentialism in a sentence
Based on consequentialism, my boss did not care if his workers had to work 36 hours straight just so that the work would be done efficiently. 🔊
The large plantation owner used his consequentialism to justify his manner of abusing slaves because the country needed his million pounds of cotton produced. 🔊
Consequentialism played a part in the teacher’s defense that it was okay for him to assign a lot of homework because the students would make excellent grades in the end. 🔊
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