Katrina Webb

Hum110 Principles of Ethics

Lesson 3
Dr. J. Cal Baldari

Annotated Bibliographies: Consequentialism and Utilitarianism

www.iep.utm.edu “Consequentialism” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Consequentialism is defined in this article as the thought that morality is about producing the
right kinds of consequences. Overall consequences are used as a phrase to describe everything
that is a result of an action taking place. Consequentialism is accepted by those who believe that
freedom should be collected as much as possible in the world, or a daily goal is to spread
happiness and relieve suffering. Utilitarians John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham are used as an
example of Consequentialism. Different forms of Consequentialism are described in this article
as well as the controversial views.
www.plato.stanford.edu Revised Monday June 3, 2019 “Consequentialism” Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Consequentialism is the normative view which states that people should do what is right or
wrong based on what would make the world better in the future. This article states that
Consequentialism is a normative property which depend only on consequences. In this article I
read that Consequentialism focuses more on the morality of actions that takes place.
Philosophers in this article try to determine which claims of classic Utilitarianism are essentially
related to Consequentialism. The authors also try to determine what is actually good and bad
comparing Hedonistic VS. Consequentialism.
Everett,J. Faber,N. & Crockett, M. (2018) “The costs of being consequentialist: Social inference
from instrumental harm and impartial beneficence" Journal of Experimental Psychology
The authors in this article states that people are more likely to trust an agent who is
Deontological VS. one who demonstrates Consequentialist traits. Consequentialism in this article
is defined as the endorsement of instrumental harm as well as impartial beneficence.
Consequentialism is also seen as treating everyone’s well-being equally important. The authors
conducted many investigations to determine how Consequentialism varied and determined that
non-consequentialist agents possess more trustworthy and moral characteristics.
Heinze,E.A. (August 20, 2016). “Commonsense Morality and the Consequentialist Ethics of
Humanitarian Intervention” Journal of Military Ethics Volume 4, 2005
The author’s purpose of this essay is to shine light on how Consequentialism provides the best fit
with commonsense and morality on intervention concerned with work and intervention as a
humanitarian. This is important to the author because the philosophical research conducted could
bring considerations together. Consequentialism in this essay is an ethical theory that is defined
as judging the motive for an act based on what the consequences are. The author states that not
all acts of others are genuine, yet we can’t predict that there is ill intent.
Mulgan, T. (2013) “Ethical Consequentialism” Oxford Bibliographies. Last Modified February
26, 2013
This article discusses the value of consequences and outcomes are tied to by moral evaluation
also known as Consequentialism. Deontology is contrasted with Consequentialism in moral
philosophy. This article also displays conflicts as well as reviews of the topics Utilitarianism,
Consequentialism, and Deontological theory from different Philosophers.