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Annotated Bibliography

Chappell, R. Y. (n.d.). “Consequentialism” Philosophy Documentation Center. University of

Miami. https://philpapers.org/browse/consequentialism

Consequentialists take the value of outcomes to ground or explain other important

normative properties such as the rightness of acts. Act Utilitarianism, the view that we
should maximize well-being (or "happiness"), is perhaps the paradigmatic form of
consequentialism.  But many alternatives have been developed, as found under the
"Varieties of Consequentialism" sub-category. 

Mills, J. S (1863) “Utilitarianism”, BLTC Research. United Kingdom.

https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill1.htm

Mills enlighten us that there was a few circumstances among those which make up the
present condition of human and there was speculation on the most important subjects still
lingers. Mills then states that even though in science the particular truths precede the
general theory, the contrary might be expected to be the case with w practical art, such as
morals or legislation.

Nathanson, S. (n.d.). “Utilitarianism”, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and its Authors ISSN
2161-0002. Northeastern University U.S.A. https://www.iep.utm.edu/util-a-r/

This article talks about Act and Rule Utilitarianism, consequentialism, and it asked the
question What is Good? It also cover rejected hedonism which states that pleasure and
pain are sensations that we feel, claiming that many important good are not types of
feelings

Sartorio, C. (2009). “Consequentialism”, The Oxford Handbook of Causation and Ethics.

https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199279739.001.0001/oxfordhb-
9780199279739-e-0027?rskey=aA5v0X&result=3

This article examines potential applications of the concept of cause to some central
ethical concepts, views, and problems. In particular, it discusses the role of causation in
the family of views known as consequentialism, the distinction between killing and
letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and the concept of moral responsibility.

Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2003, 2019) “Consequentialism”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of

Philosophy (summer 2019 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/#pagetopright
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Consequentialism, as its name suggests, is simply the view that normative properties
depend only on consequences. This historically important and still popular theory
embodies the basic intuition that what is best, or right is whatever makes the world best
in the future, because we cannot change the past, so worrying about the past is no more
useful than crying over spilled milk.