The Judge's Ethical Judgement Was Consequentialism

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The judge's ethical judgment was consequential; in addition, Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges whether or not something is right by what its consequences are. For instance, the judge sentenced the twenty-five year old to death because he murdered his parents in cold blood with a baseball bat. In my opinion, I do not think that the judge was wrong for sentencing the twenty-five year old to death. I also do not believe that the judge was wrong because if the twenty-five-year-old did not care to spare his parent's life, then he would not mind killing anyone else. The judge stated, "You have not only forfeited your right to live among us but under the laws of the state of Florida, you have forfeited the right to live at all." This