Are You a Consequentialist Moralist, or a Categorical Moralist?

Shit i messed my vote up, i put consequentialist but i'm actually categorical, can you change it for me? It should be 3-1, not 2-2
deontological ethics is the best.

 

Just a slight correction - The technical terms for these two classes of ethical and moral decision processes are 'Deontologists' and 'Utilitarians'. Did you make up those two?

Deontology is the branch which focuses on the principles, legality, and process of actions taken as a result of decision. This is your idea of the 'categorical moralist'.

Utilitarianism on the other hand, takes higher weighting upon the consequences of selective actions to determine which options are the 'best' to take upon requiring a decision.

 

I did not make them up. I was watching Justice with Michael Sandel. I believe it's this episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY

On a quick Google on Consequentialism, the BBC Ethics Guide said:

Consequentialism is based on two principles:

- Whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act

- The more good consequences an act produces, the better or more right that act

Consequentialism is considered moral if it produces a "good" consequence. Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialsm, and not consequentialism, itself.