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• Consequentialism


  The view that morality is all about producing the right kinds of overall consequences
• Mohist consequentialism


  Also known as state consequentialism, advances actions that contribute much to the welfare of the state is of the highest moral worth
• Mohist consequentialism is one of the world's earliest form of consequentialism, dating as far back as the 5th century BC</b>
• Hedonism


  The consequentialist philosophy that forwards the idea, "pleasure is the primary or the most important intrinsic good"
• Ethical hedonism


  The idea that every person has the right to do anything in his or her power to do achieve the greatest amount of personal pleasure possible, on the condition that his or her actions do not overstep on the other people's equal right to pursue happiness
• Utilitarianism


  An action is right if it leads to the 'highest happiness' of the greatest number of people
• Ethical egoism


  The moral view that believes human persons should do whatever is in the person's self-interest
• Ethical egoism


  Believes that human persons should be virtuous because these acts are in the person's self-interest; if being virtuous is not based on one's self-interest, then it is not ethical egoism
• Ethical altruism


  An action is morally right if the consequences of the action was more favourable to everyone, except for that of the person doing the action
• Rule consequentialism


  A form of utilitarianism that says an action is right if it follows large rake that leads to the greatest god, or that the rightness or wrongness of a particular action is a function of the correctness of the rule that needs to be applied in a particular situation
• Rule consequentialism


  Argue that following rules that tend to lead to the greatest good will have better consequences overall rather than allowing exceptions to be made in individual instances, even if better consequences can be demonstrated in those instances