different between existentialism vs consequentialism

English

Etymology

From existential +? -ism; borrowed from German Existentialismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??st?n??l?z?m/

Noun

existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms)

1. (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

   The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.

2. (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

   Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.

   • 1965, Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.

     Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.

Antonyms

• noumenalism

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential
• existentialist

Translations

Swedish

Noun

existentialism c

1. (philosophy) existentialism

Declension

English

Etymology

consequential +? -ism, coined by British analytic philosopher G. E. M. Ascombe in 1958.

Noun

consequentialism (countable and uncountable, plural consequentialisms)

1. (ethics) The ethical study of morals, duties and rights with an approach that focuses consequences of a particular action or cause.
2. (ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.

See also

• deontology

References