ABSTRACT
A third approach, the consequentialist ethical perspective, looks to the probable results of alternative actions and selects the action (the means) most likely to achieve the desired end. Consequentialism has a problem because ethical principles are not clearly separated from outcome probabilities. Pugh (1991) might describe this approach as 'a-ethical' because there are no articulated principles or rules. In practice, principled ethics and consequentialism look similar. In theory, they can be distinguished. Is the motivating factor in a decision the principle or the consequence?
