We're going to explore in the days and weeks to come the contrast between consequentialist and categorical moral principles.

接下来的几天到几周内，我们将探讨结果主义与绝对主义道德原则的差别。

But then we went a little further, we considered those other cases and people weren't so sure about consequentialist moral reasoning.

但随着讨论的深入，我们发现在有些情况中，人们不再对结果主义道德推理那么确定了。

Today and in the next few days, we will begin to examine one of the most influential versions of consequentialist moral theory.

从今天到接下来的几天里，我们将要剖析最具影响的一种结果主义道德原则。

Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.

结果主义道德推理认为，一种行为是否道德取决于行为的后果，取决于行为对外界所造成的影响。