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    G.E. Moore's consequentialism permits right action that p... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Virtuous action is grounded in the highest end for a human being.

    G.E. Moore's consequentialism permits right action that produces maximum good even when performed by an agent wholly devoid of virtuous character.

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    • 1.Moore's consequentialism evaluates acts by outcomes alone, not agent character, making virtue irrelevant to rightness.
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    • 2.A vicious person producing maximum good objectively benefits humanity equally as a virtuous person doing identical act.
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    • 3.Conflating moral rightness with agent virtue commits a category error—conflates deontic and aretaic evaluation.
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    • 1.Vicious agents systematically lack the practical wisdom to reliably identify and execute truly good actions over time.
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    • 2.Moore likely intended intrinsic goodness to include virtue itself, making vicious action-performance incoherent for him.
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    • 3.Permitting right action by vicious agents undermines morality's normative authority by severing it from human excellence.
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