A ética consequencialista
Example: A ética consequencialista avalia as ações pelos seus resultados práticos.
Definition
"A ética consequencialista" is a branch of philosophy that evaluates the morality of actions based solely on their outcomes or practical results. It holds that the rightness or wrongness of an act depends on the consequences it produces rather than on intrinsic qualities or intentions.
Etymology
The term "a ética consequencialista" comes from Portuguese, where "ética" means ethics, derived from the Greek 'ethike' meaning moral philosophy, and "consequencialista" stems from 'consequência,' meaning consequence, combined with the suffix '-ista' indicating an adherent or practitioner. Did you know? This ethical approach emphasizes results, a perspective that gained prominence in the 19th century with philosophers like Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
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