Actions according to the “ethics of social consequences”; based on the book by Vasil Gluchman, Ethics of Social Consequences, trans_ Przemysław Kroczek_ ISMiE Publishing House “Humanum”, Warsaw 2012; in: Dubiel-Zielińska, P_ (2019): Ethical concepts and their application to the construction of the theory of education_ Oświęcim: MUP Publishing, pp_ 242–243_
| Assessment of complex procedure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of simple procedure | Assessment of appropriateness of action in terms of the intentions (likely or expected consequences) | Assessment of the fairness of the act (conformity of the actual consequences with the expected ones) | ||
| Assessment of the act in terms of the consequences | Consequences for society | Intentions | ||
| Morally (useful: more useful) obligatory, required | Maximum predominance of positive effects over negative ones | Good | Appropriate | Fair |
| Right (useful: less useful), obligatory, required | Definite, but not maximum, predominance of positive effects over negative ones | Good | Appropriate | Fair |
| Right (useful: more useful) | Maximum predominance of positive effects over negative ones | Bad | Should be avoided | Neither fair nor unfair, but not condemnable |
| Wrong (useless, or more or less harmful – depending on the number of negative effects) | Maximum or almost maximal predominance of negative effects over positive ones (or exclusive presence of negative effects) | Good | Appropriate (if the subject has sufficient knowledge of the circumstances of the action) or one that should be avoided (if the subject relies only on good intentions and does not appreciate the role of knowledge and analysis) | Neither fair nor unfair, but not worthy of condemnation |
| Wrong (useful: less useful), prohibited | Definite, but not maximum, predominance of positive effects over negative ones | Bad | Should be avoided | Unfair, but not condemnable |
| Wrong (useless, or more or less harmful – depending on the number of negative effects), prohibited | Definite, but not maximum, predominance of negative effects over positive ones | Bad | Should be avoided | Unfair, condemnable |
| Immoral (useless, or more or less harmful – depending on the amount of negative effects), prohibited | A predominance of negative effects over positive (or the exclusive presence of negative effects) | Bad | Should be avoided | Unfair, condemnable |