Consequentialist Utility Function
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A Consequentialist Utility Function is a utility function for moral decisioning.
- AKA: Moral Utility Measure.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Retrospective Consequentialist Utility Function to being a Prospective Consequentialist Utility Function (short-term or long-term).
- It can range from being a Personal-Level Utility Function designed for individual moral evaluations to being a Societal-Level Utility Function aimed at collective morality.
- It can range from being a Quantitative Consequentialist Utility Function to being a Qualitative Consequentialist Utility Function.
- It can range from being a Human-Impact Consequentialist Utility Function , to being an Animal-Impact Consequentialist Utility Function to being an EnvironmentalImpact to being Universe-Beauty Consequentialist Utility Function.
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- Example(s):
- Personal Happiness Utility, quantifies an individual's happiness as a result of specific actions.
- Human Happiness Utility, measures overall human happiness in a given context.
- Beauty-Directed Utility, quantifies aesthetic or cultural values.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Deontological Rule Set, which operates on principles or duties rather than consequences.
- Expected Company Profit Measure(?), which focuses purely on financial metrics and not on broader moral implications.
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- See: Consequentialism, Utilitarianism, Ethical Framework, Well-Being.