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Act Consequentialism

Act Consequentialism is a normative ethical theory that belongs to the consequentialist family, distinguished by its claim that the moral rightness of an individual action is determined solely by the value of its consequences, without reference to rules, intentions, or intrinsic features of the act.

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41

Authors

29

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

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Consequential Evaluation and Practical Reason

Amartya Sen · The Journal of Philosophy · 2000 · 284 citations

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Satisficing Consequentialism

Michael Slote, Philip Pettit · Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume · 1984 · 259 citations

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Contemporary debates in moral theory

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 228 citations

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Influence of deontological versus consequentialist orientations on act choices and framing effects: when principles are more important than consequences

Carmen Tanner, Douglas L. Medin, Rumen Iliev · European Journal of Social Psychology · 2008 · 134 citations

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What If I Cannot Make a Difference (and Know It)

Felix Pinkert · Ethics · 2015 · 87 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LA
    Larry Alexander

    University of San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  2. BH
    Brad Hooker

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  3. DW
    Douglas W. Portmore

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  4. RJ
    Richard J. Arneson

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  5. MM
    Manjana Milkoreit

    University of Oslo, Norway

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  2. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  3. College of Lake County

    Grayslake, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  6. State University of New York at Oswego

    Oswego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Utilitas

    8 publications · 222 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Philosophy

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  3. Analysis

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 250 citations

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  5. Noûs

    2 publications · 53 citations

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