Moral Theories That Say That the Rightness of Actions Depends

question 61

Multiple Choice

Moral theories that say that the rightness of actions depends solely on their consequences are

• A) consequentialist.
• B) virtue oriented.
• C) deontological.
• D) egoistic.

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