- Rights-based ethical theories:
Are generally classified as modern versions of Utilitarianism
Determine the moral worth of an action regardless of their consequences
Are largely consequentialist in nature
Classify corporate social responsibility among the positive rights that must be enforced by government.
Answer
Are generally classified as modern versions of Utilitarianism
This is because the theory considers an act being morally right depends solely on consequences or the goodness of consequences.
Explanation
This theory is one which holds that the consequences of one’s conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct which means that from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act is one that will produce a good outcome which is basically the point used to show that Rights-based ethical theories are modern form of consequentialism by considering the consequences
