Keyword

consequentialism

Description: A family of ethical theories that judges the rightness of actions primarily by the consequences they produce.

Primary topic: Philosophical Ethics and Theory (37%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q646102

OpenAlex ID: keywords/consequentialism

Value in ethics and economics

1994 · Choice Reviews Online · 1,682

Utilitarianism

1973 · J. J. C. Smart, Bernard Williams · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 1,178

Utilitarianism: For and Against.

1974 · A. J. Ellis, J. J. C. Smart, et al. · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1,112

Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality (1984)

2003 · Peter Railton · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 1,102

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Patterns of Moral Complexity

1987 · Charles E. Larmore · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 1,077

Utilitarianism: For and Against.

1975 · Gerald Dworkin, J. J. C. Smart, et al. · The Philosophical Review · 874

The Rejection of Consequentialism

1983 · ELIZABETH TELLER · Philosophical Books · 815

Decision-Theoretic Consequentialism and the Nearest and Dearest Objection

1991 · Frank Jackson · Ethics · 782

The Oxford handbook of ethical theory

2006 · Choice Reviews Online · 732

On the Nature of Fair Behavior

2002 · Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, et al. · Economic Inquiry · 728

For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything

2004 · S. Zeki, O. R. Goodenough, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 710

Actions, intentions, and consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect

1994 · Warren Quinn · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 678

Thinking through uncertainty: Nonconsequential reasoning and choice

1992 · Eldar Shafir, Amos Tversky · Cognitive Psychology · 660

The Limits of Morality

1991 · Shelly Kagan · 637

Intricate Ethics

2007 · F. M. Kamm · Oxford University Press eBooks · 636

The Right and the Good

2002 · David Ross · 631

Taking Stock of Moral Approaches to Leadership: An Integrative Review of Ethical, Authentic, and Servant Leadership

2018 · G. James Lemoine, Chad A. Hartnell, et al. · Academy of Management Annals · 612

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Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy

2007 · Bryan van Norden · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 596

Consequentialism and its critics

1988 · Samuel Scheffler · 590

Republicanism and Political Theory

2008 · Cécile Laborde, John Maynor · 583

Virtue, Vice, and Value

2001 · Thomas Hurka · 571

Uneasy Virtue

2001 · Julia Driver · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 541

Justification and the Truth-Connection

2012 · Clayton Littlejohn · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 530

A companion to ethics

1993 · Peter Singer · 515

Complicity

2000 · Christopher Kutz · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 496

Works count: 10,400

Citation count: 107,100