Demand Too Much?

There are many people who live in severe poverty. Consequentialism demands that people should devote most of their money and time to international aid and charity because consequentialism believes that such behaviors can produce the best consequence and the most value. The demand of consequentialism is faced with ’the Demandingness Objection’ which claims that the demand of consequentialism has negative effect on personal life as well as sets obstacle to realization of personal interests, personal projects and personal goals. It also claims that there is a limit to how great a sacrifice morality can reasonably demand of agents. This article focuses on the following question:Can consequentialism make adequate responses to’the Demandingness Objection’? Mulgan’s combined consequentialism is investigated in this article to inquiry whether consequentialism can make adequate responses to ’the Demandingness Objection’ and make reasonable moral demands. The inquiry helps to reflections on our current lives and our moral duties to each other. The first part of article is a further inquiry of ’the Demandingness Objection’ to point out its five aspects. The next part introduces combined consequentialism and argues that it can make adequate responses to ’the Demandingness Objection’. The final part of article discusses difficulties of combined consequentialism and solutions.