UCRM Step 4: Consequentialism. Criterion 9 Assertion: The analysis has a clearly stated conclusion based on comparing utilities. (Notice that you have to check two things here: (1) the conclusion, (2) whether the conclusion is based on a comparison of utilities. This is like your math teachers in middle and high school telling you: "I don't just want the answer--show me how you reach it; show me it is based on your calculations")