Under a consequential perspective, Commissioner Walker opines that as an official of the city he is ethically obligated to make decisions that promote good consequences for the greatest number. As he begins to deliberate on the case he starts to reflect on the two schools of thought. He first starts to ponder the meaning of consequentialism. He knows that consequentialism is the view that morality produces the right kinds of overall consequences.
When a person is going to make a moral decision based on consequentialism, he or she first look at the good and bad possible consequences of the action, then determine whether the total good consequences outweigh the total bad.
Since judges have experience in these things, they should be able to freely exercise their moral judgment at their own discretion. Judicial discretion is a very important part of sentencing. No two cases are the same, therefore, judicial discrepancy is necessary in order to tailor sentences to each individual circumstance. Although there are broad rights and wrongs that are
