HYBRIDIZING TENDENCIES IN THE CONTEXT OF NORMATIVE ETHICAL CONCEPTIONS IN THE EXAMPLE OF ETHICS OF SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

Ethics of social consequences is a contemporary Slovak ethical theory which is usually labeled as consequentialist. The theory accepts the label, but always accentuates its non-utilitarian character within the consequentialism. The ethics of social consequences distinguish itself from other theories which are under the solitary label of consequentialism which used to be incorrectly identified with utilitarianism in the past. The paper is trying to analyze specific positions which are characteristic for ethics of social consequences, and with the help of this analysis verify the hypothesis. The hypothesis assumes that ethics of social consequences cannot be labeled as consequentialist ethical theory without difficulties. The positions which are characteristic for ethics of social consequences (such as rejection of maximization or agent-relative position), and the way the theory exercise them, indicates the necessity to change its label. Conception of hybrid ethical theories is presented in the paper as a new and necessary category which is much needed in the contemporary ethics. The position is identified as a one which fits the ethics of social consequences much better than the former one which was used.