@glyph (Really - It's Complicated, as most things in philosophy tend to be - that was very simplified, and also kinda melts the broad range of consequentialist and utilitatian thought down into a simplified version.
but - in general, there are branches in consequentialism between those who focus on actual consequence, or those that focus on forseen, forseeable, intended, or likely consequences of a given action;
there's arguments for reading the label in each, but particularly for the >

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