Editing Consequentialism (section)

===Ethical altruism===
{{Main|Altruism (ethics)}}
Ethical altruism can be seen as a consequentialist theory which prescribes that an individual take actions that have the best consequences for everyone, not necessarily including themselves (similar to selflessness).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ethics |first1=James |last1=Fisher |first2=Bradley |last2=Dowdwen |encyclopedia=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/ethics/ }}</ref> This was advocated by [[Auguste Comte]], who coined the term ''[[altruism]]'', and whose ethics can be summed up in the phrase "Live for others."<ref>{{cite web |last=Moran |first=Gabriel |title=Christian Religion and National Interests |date=2006 |url=https://www.nyu.edu/classes/gmoran/APRRE04.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706031846/http://www.nyu.edu/classes/gmoran/APRRE04.pdf |archive-date=2006-07-06 |url-status=live }}{{reliable source|date=July 2018}}</ref>