My approach to morality is a combination of the consequentialists and non-consequentialists. Consequentialists look at the morality of a decision by determining its effects. Non-consequentialists, on the other hand, analyse the morality of a decision or action by looking at its rightness or wrongness rather than the consequences.
There are a number of reasons why I adopt the position of combining both approaches. One of them is that while some actions are wrong, some of the circumstances in which they are performed justify them. One scenario that demonstrates this well is a situation where an individual is being chased by an angry mob. The individual runs into my house and begs me not to tell the mob about his whereabouts. If the mob comes and asks me, I am likely to lie in order to save the life of this individual. Lying is, in itself, wrong. However, its effect in this case, is to save one’s life.
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However, there are other cases where a decision or action has to be looked at in terms of whether it is right or wrong without looking at the consequences. For example, if I find out that my best friend took part in the murder of an individual, my decision on whether to inform the authorities has to be looked at in terms of whether it is right or wrong. In this case, the right thing to do is to inform the authorities even though the consequences of such a decision are negative, particularly for my friend. My decision to use the combined approach was thereby informed by the realization that in some cases, the wrong action has to be taken for the right cause while in some cases, the rightness of action has to be analysed per se.
