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Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
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Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
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Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
They claim they do not think this, although whether it is true or not depends on whether there are acts that are morally evil in themselves. See p. 161.
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Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
No, this would mean that they think that some acts, such as killing the innocent and adultery, are evil in themselves, and they do not think this. See p. 161.
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Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
They think the moral act is wholly and simply morally good, and that negative premoral values do not of themselves remove this moral goodness.
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5 is wrong. Please try again.
Proportionalists think
{ 1 } - before judging an act as evil we must weigh all foreseen premoral desirable and undesirable values or consequences of the act.
{ 2 } - the end justifies the means.
{ 3 } - it is possible to judge an act as morally evil before considering its circumstances and intentions.
{ 4 } - the moral act, since it may entail negative premoral values, is morally in part good and in part evil.
{ 5 } - one may do evil that good may come of it.
They claim they do not think this, although whether it is true or not depends on whether there are acts that are morally evil in themselves. See p. 161.
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