(This, too, is an American tradition: in January of 1777, George Washington, wintering over in New Jersey, warned his troops about an upcoming partial eclipse so that it wouldn't "affect the minds of the Soldiery, and be attended with some bad consequences").
According to the doctrine of karma, every action gives rise to some consequence; a good act leads to good consequence and a bad act to bad consequence: every human agent has to reap the consequences of his/ her actions.
The second big, bad consequence is declining social mobility.
You see the bad consequence coming and the image paralyzes your judgment.
Imagine that Bob does not in fact foresee a bad consequence that would make his act wrong if he did foresee it, but that Bob could easily have foreseen this bad consequence if he had been paying attention.
It could be an incident that allowed you to avoid a bad consequence.
This line of thought is especially interesting in light of the recent popularity of so-called skeptical theism, which responds to the problem of evil by claiming that we can never know exactly how particular events are connected with each other and with good or bad consequences, some of which may be beyond our understanding (see McBrayer 2010, Other Internet Resources).
He said that at Rutgers, where he previously taught, there had been "none of the bad consequences that some have predicted from unionization".
After months of conflicting signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days, despite the potential for bad consequences among some conservative voters already wary of his views, aides said yesterday.
On the one hand, some opponents cited the possibility for costs or bad consequences that might follow implementation of the recommendations, while some supporters cited the potential for good consequences.
