These people believe that instead of attempting to judge whether an act itself is right, the judgment should be based on the expected outcome of the action:

on the expected outcome of the action:
B. moralists C. consequentialists D. utilitarianists E. non-consequentialists


C. consequentialists

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a. Conservative b. Orthodox c. Reconstructionist d. Reform e. None of the above

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A) only formal. B) only conceptual. C) either formal or conceptual.

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