consequentialism, Kantian deontology, and contractualism would all end up prescribing the same behavior.

Etymology

The term consequentialism was coined by G. E. M. Anscombe in her essay "Modern Moral Philosophy" in 1958. However, the meaning of the word has changed over the time since Anscombe used it: in the sense she coined it, she had explicitly placed J. S. Mill

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