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The Role of Consequences • • • 48 According to Erasmus forbidding all lies is contrary to common sense. “For utilitarians, an act is more or less justifiable according to the goodness or badness of its consequences.” “Their procedure for weighing moral choice is very similar to ways in which most of us do in fact approach many situations of moral conflict—close, therefore, to common sense.”
The Role of Consequences • • • • 48 Sidgwick justifies lying based on the consequences of the lie in that particular case. 49 “Utilitarianism generates no controversies over how to define lying.” “Utilitarianism simply requires an evaluation of courses of action, be they deceptive or not.” “In choosing whether or no to lie, we do weigh benefits against harm and happiness against unhappiness.”
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