Consequentialism says that right or wrong depend on the consequences of an act, and that the more good consequences are produced, the better the act. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy gives a ...

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Jeffrey Dunn, associate professor of philosophy at DePauw University, is co-editor of Epistemic Consequentialism. The book has been published by Oxford University Press. "An important issue in ...