Chauncey is a nursing student who is doing her clinical rotation at the local hospital on the medical-surgical unit. Chauncy's preceptor is Marge, who has been a registered nurse for 25 years. During the shift Marge tells chancy that she serves on the hospital ethics committee and that she has an ethics committee meeting at lunch in the boardroom. Marge invites Chancy to attend to learn about ethical issues that hospitals and health care professionals face. Chancy accepts Marge's invitation and attends the meeting with Marge.
1. During the meeting the committee discusses ethical theories such as demonology. Which of the following terms are associated and mean that the value of something is determined by its usefulness?
A. Accountability
B. Consequentialism
C. Advocacy
D. Telephony
E. Utilitarianism

Consequentialism is a theory that proposes that a particular action is right or wrong depending on the consequences of such action. Thus, consequentialism puts the principal emphasis on the outcome and/or consequence of the action. Moreover, teleology can be defined as the final causality, thereby the presence/occurrence of a particular event can be explained by the end to which such event contributes. Finally, utilitarianism can be defined as a theory of morality that advocates the right action is the one that produces the greatest amount of happiness on the greatest number of individuals.