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**'''act utilitarianism''' judges each act individually for whether it has the best consequences
**'''act utilitarianism''' judges each act individually for whether it has the best consequences
**'''rule utilitarianism''' seeks to establish rules of general application in order to maximize the consequences overall, and then judge individual acts for conformance to those rules, even if in some individual circumstances the results are worse for obeying the rule than they would have been had the rule been violated
**'''rule utilitarianism''' seeks to establish rules of general application in order to maximize the consequences overall, and then judge individual acts for conformance to those rules, even if in some individual circumstances the results are worse for obeying the rule than they would have been had the rule been violated
*'''deontology''' believes that certain acts are wrong in themselves, regardless of how much good it may result. This is particularly associated with [[Catholic]] and [[pro-life]] thinkers - certain acts, such as taking innocent human life, are wrong, irrespective of how good the consequences might be. This also describes the viewpoint of many [[libertarians]], followers of [[Ayn Rand]], [[anarcho-capitalism|anarcho-capitalists]], etc. - they see violating private property rights as always wrong, no matter how good for society the consequences might be.
*'''deontology''' believes that certain acts are wrong in themselves, regardless of how much good it may result. This is particularly associated with [[Catholic]] and [[pro-life]] thinkers - certain acts, such as taking innocent human life, are wrong, irrespective of how good the consequences might be. This also describes the viewpoint of many [[libertarians]], followers of [[Ayn Rand]], [[anarcho-capitalism|anarcho-capitalists]], etc. - they see violating [[private property]] rights as always wrong, no matter how good for society the consequences might be.
*'''virtue ethics''' focuses, not on our acts, but on our character. It analyses character into positive traits ([[virtue]]s) and negative traits ([[vice]]s). A person with a good character will inevitably do good acts; a person with a bad character will inevitably do bad ones.
*'''virtue ethics''' focuses, not on our acts, but on our character. It analyses character into positive traits ([[virtue]]s) and negative traits ([[vice]]s). A person with a good character will inevitably do good acts; a person with a bad character will inevitably do bad ones.