Consequentialism

I would recommend reading a bit more on consequentialism especially hedonistic and utilitarianism, and their contrast with virtue ethics and deontological ethics as philosophical and legal ideas — see the following: Consequentialism, Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics, and Deontological.

The Volokh Conspiracy » No Establishment Clause Violation in San Francisco’s Condemning the Catholic Church’s Refusal To Help With Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples: 2009

Indeed, Anscombe's comment here goes beyond a mere condemnation of Consequentialism to a further condemnation of any view in which consequences are weighed in determining moral rightness or wrongness.

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe Driver, Julia 2009

This does not by itself get one to Consequentialism.

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe Driver, Julia 2009

Well, this is actually broached in "Consequentialism, Cluelessness, and Indifference" by Gerald Lang, a University of Leeds philosopher, in the Journal of Value Inquiry.

James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Michelle, Carla and Silda: Hero, Badass and the Humiliated 2009

Consequentialism has been the blight of America's political life for a decade.

Coruscating on Thin Ice 2009

Consequentialism triumphs because it is popular, it is what most people choose in this case a god chooses it.

Watchmen Non-Spoiler, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Consequentialism, in so far as it diverges from commonsense morality on these points, strikes many as an unacceptable moral theory.

Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008

Agent-Centered Consequentialism, each agent ought always to do what will bring about the results that are best-relative-to her.

Value Theory Schroeder, Mark 2008

Consequentialism, so understood, is the view that you ought to do whatever action is such that things would be best if you did it.

Value Theory Schroeder, Mark 2008

"Consequentialism vs. Special-Ties Partiality," in The Monist, 86: 382-401.

Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008