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JGIBBSON

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Can someone be both a consequentialist and a utilitarian? Explain your answer.
 
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Define axiology.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
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Yes, someone can be both a consequentialist and a utilitarian. In fact, anyone who is a utilitarian must be a consequentialist, since utilitarianism is one version of consequentialism. (Other consequentialist theories mentioned in this chapter are egoism and altruism.) A consequentialist is anyone who believes that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends upon its consequences. A utilitarian is a consequentialist who believes that we should act so as to produce the best consequences for everyone, ourselves included.



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Axiology is the study of values, such as value in human behavior (ethics) and value in art (aesthetics).



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