Action Quote by Allen W. Wood

Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions of them…

— Allen W. Wood

It's obvious that there are vast variety of consequentialist views, depending on what we think goodness consists in, what our notion of consequence is,…

— Dale Jamieson

When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of hedonism -…

— Allen W. Wood

Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.

— Ruth Hubbard

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

— Edith Hamilton

Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences

— William James

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

— Noam Chomsky

It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability…

— David M. Kreps

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

— Samuel Johnson

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

— Samuel Johnson

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

— Samuel Johnson

A theory must be tempered with reality.

— Jawaharlal Nehru