The Best EffectA theological history of consequentialism and a new, more expansive vision for teleological ethics. Consequentialismthe notion that we can judge an action by its effects alonehas been among the most influential approaches to ethics and public policy in the Anglophone world for more than two centuries. In The Best Effect, Ryan Darr argues that consequentialist ethics is not as secular or as rational as it is often assumed to be. Instead, Darr describes