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Does deontology require consequentialism?

Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, tagged , on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Earlier I made the argument that deontology requires consequentialism.  Over at Less Wrong, Alicorn has a great exploration of consequentialism and deontology that complements the discussion here. If a deontologist says “lying is wrong”, and you mentally add something that sounds like “because my utility function has a term in it for the people around [...]

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More Thoughts on Consequentialist Ethics

Posted in Ethics, Political Philosophy, Questions for Libertarians, tagged on January 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »

I clearly need to develop my thoughts about consequentialism further.  When I attacked the mistake of deriving libertarianism from first principles earlier, I actually thought Aaron and I were in agreement.  Once Aaron and I had a conversation with another person about Kant’s deontological ethics, and both Aaron I remarked to each other later how [...]

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