deplorable acts as long as such acts are in the interest of the majority or at least the authority.28 Moreover, this objection highlights the inability of consequentialist systems to protect minorities, as well as its failure to account for individual merit.29 One final limitation of consequentialism is that on a personal level such an approach to ethics is not inherently satisfying. To elaborate, experience testifies that acting in one’s own self-interest is not always fulfilling, especially given