necessarily involves the use of consequentialism. Consequentialism,
as described by Foot says that, "it is by 'total outcome', that is, by the whole formed by an
action and its consequences, that what is done is judged right or wrong." (Foot, 1985) In
other words, to determine what brings about the most overall happiness, one must
evaluate the total outcome of their actions to make the "right" decision. In this way,
consequentialism is almost inseparable from utilitarianism.
Foot believes that the main reason consequentialism causes such a problem for the
utilitarians is that it is based on achieving a "good state of affairs", which is too ambiguous
of a term to base a theory on. She notes that the word "good" has many different
meanings, and is often very speaker-relative. For example, a person who has
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