The Emergence Machine

Consequentialism

abstract · philosophy · Level 4 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

consequentialism emerges from good + causation. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “consequentialism” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “consequentialism”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
consequentia
Origin language
lat

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ConsequentialismGoodOutcomeValueChangeExistenceQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesUtilitarianismL5ConsequentialismL4OutcomeL2GoodL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Outcome L2 (requires)
    to understand consequentialism, one must first understand the concept of outcome
  • Good L3 (conceptual)
    Consequentialism judges by outcomes

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