Consequentialism measures intended or rather expected consequences. That’s why you do expected utility maximization. That’s because consequentialism emphasizes forward looking analysis, rather than backward looking blame-allocation.
De facto, other ethical systems tend to not pay attention to the size of consequences, and tend not to involve doing mathematics to work out the best action. They tend to emphasize virtue, following “what you know in your heart is right”, etc.
The biggest dividing-line that I’ve observed between value systems is between people who believe that a decision was right if it produced good consequences; and people who believe that a decision was right if, given the information available when the decision was made, it was expected to have good consequences.
If both are consequentialism, then what terminology do you use to distinguish them?
Consequentialism measures intended or rather expected consequences. That’s why you do expected utility maximization. That’s because consequentialism emphasizes forward looking analysis, rather than backward looking blame-allocation.
De facto, other ethical systems tend to not pay attention to the size of consequences, and tend not to involve doing mathematics to work out the best action. They tend to emphasize virtue, following “what you know in your heart is right”, etc.
The biggest dividing-line that I’ve observed between value systems is between people who believe that a decision was right if it produced good consequences; and people who believe that a decision was right if, given the information available when the decision was made, it was expected to have good consequences.
If both are consequentialism, then what terminology do you use to distinguish them?