Decision theory, which models preferences over consequences, thus considers reasons for choice and action.
By contrast, when in 1999 Mr Mayo issued a 1,000-page 1,000-pagelling the industreportcovered tellinge good thees were over, the consequences were uncomfortable.
Despite being over, the consequences of the operation continue to snowball.
We skulked out of there in a sick-stomached quiet, vexed that the party was over, the consequences of our frankly unnecessary bravado slowly sinking in.
Naturally, Their ABC put their standard biased slant on the cuts, obsessively picking over the "consequences" and "detail" of the budget like some sort of nerdy wonk.
Under wet conditions the development of a crust due to vehicular traffic is the over-riding consequence of ORD on this soil.
The principle of utility is applied to rules and practices, rather than individual acts, and the best rule or practice is that produces the best over-all consequences.
The most important of these harms are over-diagnosis -- and its frequent consequence, over-treatment".
Some migrants detained in Nogales would be turned over, under a consequence program called Operation Streamline, for criminal prosecution.
In Silicon Valley, executives and venture capitalists remain divided over the consequence of Google going public.
