Editing Consequentialism (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''consequentialism'' was coined by [[G. E. M. Anscombe]] in her essay "[[Modern Moral Philosophy]]" in 1958.<ref name=":3">{{cite book |last=Seidel |first=Christian |title=Consequentialism: New Directions, New Problems |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190270124 |location=Oxford |page=2–3}}</ref><ref name="Anscombe">{{Cite journal |author-link=G. E. M. Anscombe |title=Modern Moral Philosophy |journal=Philosophy |volume=33 |pages=1–19 |url=http://www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/cmt/mmp.html |doi=10.1017/S0031819100037943 |year=1958 |author=Anscombe, G. E. M. |issue=124 |s2cid=197875941 |doi-access=free |archive-date=2010-01-31 |access-date=2007-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131133731/http://www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/cmt/mmp.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the meaning of the word has changed over the time since Anscombe used it: in the sense she coined it, she had explicitly placed [[J. S. Mill]] in the nonconsequentialist and [[W. D. Ross]] in the consequentialist camp, whereas, in the contemporary sense of the word, they would be classified the other way round.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Citation |last=Diamond |first=Cora |title=Consequentialism in Modern Moral Philosophy and in 'Modern Moral Philosophy' |date=1997 |work=Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics |pages=13–38 |editor-last=Oderberg |editor-first=David S. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25098-1_2 |access-date=2024-03-21 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-25098-1_2 |isbn=978-1-349-25098-1 |editor2-last=Laing |editor2-first=Jacqueline A.|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This is due to changes in the meaning of the word, not due to changes in perceptions of W. D. Ross's and J. S. Mill's views.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />