Extract: Pragmatism
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November 6, 2015
Pragmatism, according to Fletcher, says that the good is what works, what is expedient,what gives satisfaction (42). In pragmatism, the ends justify the means, but for Fletcher not even this maxim is universal or absolute (121). The means are the ingredients to the ends, and we should choose them carefully (121-122). Means and ends are not independent entities but are relative to each other. In any course of action it is the coexistence of its means and ends that puts it in the realm of ethics (121). It is the intended end not the actual result that matters the most to Fletcher (152). Thus, situationism‘s pragmatism would say: the intended ends justify the means relative to the ends. For Fletcher , misdirected action is cause for regret but not remorse, but unloving action is cause for remorse and regret (256).
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