Think about how wretched humanity looks from Leon’s perspective; how trivial and meaningless everyone’s lives and concerns must seem.
Consequentialism focuses on the consequences of the actions people take. For a consequentialist, an action is right if the consequences of that action were good, and wrong if the consequences of that action were bad. A common form of consequentialism is called “utilitarianism”. A utilitarian thinks that the consequences of an action are good exactly … Read more