If pragmatic consequentialism borrows authority from act-consequentialism, it inherits act-consequentialism's well-known problems like demandingness and agent-centered limitations.

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Agent-centered limitations(as used in ethics): The idea that a moral theory should allow people to prioritize their own projects and relationships, rather than treating everyone's interests equally.
Demandingness (objection)(as used in ethics): A criticism that a moral theory requires too much sacrifice from people—asking them to constantly put others' well-being before their own needs.
Pragmatic consequentialism(as used in ethics): An ethical theory that judges the rightness of actions based on their real-world results, but allows practical flexibility and exceptions rather than strict rules.
act-consequentialism(Contrasted with rule-consequentialism in Russell's ethical theory): The view that an act is right if and only if the expected consequences of performing it are as good or better than those of any available alternative act — rightness attaches to individual acts, not to rules.

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