Making the Virtuous Decision

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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