Direct Consequentialism, Unlimited

Direct consequentialism holds that the morally right option in every choice is a function of the neutrally valuable. Specifically, the claim is that faced with any choice, the agent ought to control for the selection of such an option in such a decision-making manner that they maximize rationally expected neutral value. Direct consequentialism in that sense will be unlimited insofar as it allows that the values relevant in moral choice include values that attach to acts in virtue of the dispositions out of which they are performed. Thus, they include the value of respect, which requires not just acting respectfully but also doing so out of a motive of respect. The unlimited character of the doctrine enables it to respond persuasively to many objections that have been made to consequentialism.