"Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions of them to make them the objects of instrumental reasoning, and then obtain enough reliable information about what actions will best promote them that we could regulate our conduct by these considerations alone."

-- Allen W. Wood

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“Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run.”
“There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.”
“Can you imagine in 2016 there is a discussion about #OscarsSoWhite? Is it a novelty we've just discovered that the whole production machine is dominated by only one type of human being, excluding women, excluding gays, excluding minorities? This is not new.”
“We're always going to be cherry-picking to make religion make sense. Especially in the modern context.”
“God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.”
“The world is filled with terrible things that can influence children, and movies have depicted them since time immemorial. Should every terrible thing warrant an R-rating?”

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“Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again.”
“Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy.”

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