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View submission: A Tentative Case for Consequentialism
I've never been a admirer of Utilitarianism in general
A moral theory that rests on the idea pleasure is the greatest outcome/reason for doing anything just/unjust is ultimately one that l can't even say it's a moral theory
Now consequentialism even though permissible in theory, in real-life it just fails to hold any consistency given most people aren't going to reflect or try to figure out whether their actions have any casual effect on others
Now Kant did try and to fix a lot of holes with this by applying a universal Law in saying we are all rationale enough to examine the outcomes of our actions but in the end he's putting a big unrealistic standard on human actions
Comment by SilasTheSavage at 21/02/2025 at 08:11 UTC
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To the point about whether people reflect on the consequences of their actions, I don't think that's too big of a problem. After all, the goal of consequentialism is to bring about the best consequences, not to have people believe the theory. It might very well turn out that most people bring about the best consequences when they think in terms of, say, deontology, or common sense morality. But that's just a small detail.