Let's not do deontology. We just do not have to lol
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Let's not do deontology. We just do not have to lol
The one thing that’s become clear to me over the last five years is that libertarianism, left or right, is essentially a death cult. It’s the mirror image of the LessWrong guys except we’ve been conditioned to think that ‘Deontology Monster’ is a moral and epistemic position worth taking seriously
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The one thing that’s become clear to me over the last five years is that libertarianism, left or right, is essentially a death cult. It’s the mirror image of the LessWrong guys except we’ve been conditioned to think that ‘Deontology Monster’ is a moral and epistemic position worth taking seriously
a lot of young boys are watching streamers like The Peacocking Philosopher and getting exposed to deontology
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
a lot of young boys are watching streamers like The Peacocking Philosopher and getting exposed to deontology
A moral philosophy paper recently written by me, presenting a new liar paradox-like argument about consequentialism.
It would be great if you could share this to promote my work, thank you :
philpapers.org/rec/IONCJP
#philosophy #ethics #consequentialism #deontology #metaethics #utilitarianism
It would be great if you could share this to promote my work, thank you :
philpapers.org/rec/IONCJP
#philosophy #ethics #consequentialism #deontology #metaethics #utilitarianism
Arthur Ionescu, The Consequentialist Judgment Paradox - PhilPapers
In normative ethics, some of the oldest and still lively debates revolve around the question of consequentialism. The question is not so much about making a binary decision between consequentialism an...
philpapers.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A moral philosophy paper recently written by me, presenting a new liar paradox-like argument about consequentialism.
It would be great if you could share this to promote my work, thank you :
philpapers.org/rec/IONCJP
#philosophy #ethics #consequentialism #deontology #metaethics #utilitarianism
It would be great if you could share this to promote my work, thank you :
philpapers.org/rec/IONCJP
#philosophy #ethics #consequentialism #deontology #metaethics #utilitarianism
Yeah, I get it...
It's kinda the whole utilitarianism vs deontology clash we have...
I do get his point of view, but I still don't approve his ways, haha
It's kinda the whole utilitarianism vs deontology clash we have...
I do get his point of view, but I still don't approve his ways, haha
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Yeah, I get it...
It's kinda the whole utilitarianism vs deontology clash we have...
I do get his point of view, but I still don't approve his ways, haha
It's kinda the whole utilitarianism vs deontology clash we have...
I do get his point of view, but I still don't approve his ways, haha
📢Good news of the day 🥳 the ethically unacceptable 💉HBV0 vs nothing RCT in Guinea-Bissau proposed by @stabellbenn.bsky.social and supported by RFK has been cancelled *again*! ⛔ 😅
Well done Africa CDC, @pauloffit.bsky.social , and all the people who stood up for deontology and their rights! ✊
Well done Africa CDC, @pauloffit.bsky.social , and all the people who stood up for deontology and their rights! ✊
NEW: Kennedy's plan to study Hep. B vaccine in African babies has been suspended by Guinea-Bissau. Experts say the trial is unethical in a nation where 1 in 5 kids are exposed to Hep. B, which can take decades off their lives. HHS: the trial is "paused."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 AM
📢Good news of the day 🥳 the ethically unacceptable 💉HBV0 vs nothing RCT in Guinea-Bissau proposed by @stabellbenn.bsky.social and supported by RFK has been cancelled *again*! ⛔ 😅
Well done Africa CDC, @pauloffit.bsky.social , and all the people who stood up for deontology and their rights! ✊
Well done Africa CDC, @pauloffit.bsky.social , and all the people who stood up for deontology and their rights! ✊
taught this every time I did NSW ethics briefs. More valuable for most practitioners, in my assessment, than anything on utilitarianism/deontology/whatever.
January 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
taught this every time I did NSW ethics briefs. More valuable for most practitioners, in my assessment, than anything on utilitarianism/deontology/whatever.
I was mostly saying that I think that if you can manage a system which somehow uses various pieces of different systems and rejected the parts that don‘t work, that in itself could be a fully defined system. But I don’t think you can do that.
And I reject deontology out of hand, I think.
And I reject deontology out of hand, I think.
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I was mostly saying that I think that if you can manage a system which somehow uses various pieces of different systems and rejected the parts that don‘t work, that in itself could be a fully defined system. But I don’t think you can do that.
And I reject deontology out of hand, I think.
And I reject deontology out of hand, I think.
Weaponized even. Divide et Impera.
This is not about ideology, deontology, or even decency.
This is scripted as an intentional strategy.
This is a power grab.
Just watch what's going to happen this year.
This is not about ideology, deontology, or even decency.
This is scripted as an intentional strategy.
This is a power grab.
Just watch what's going to happen this year.
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Weaponized even. Divide et Impera.
This is not about ideology, deontology, or even decency.
This is scripted as an intentional strategy.
This is a power grab.
Just watch what's going to happen this year.
This is not about ideology, deontology, or even decency.
This is scripted as an intentional strategy.
This is a power grab.
Just watch what's going to happen this year.
It's the dumbest, most narrow version of deontology where the only ethical stance is "respectful equality" where no wrongdoing can possibly be considered worse or more dangerous than any other. Being rude and killing someone are equal evils. It's the "Wishing Nazis were dead makes you a Nazi" take.
In case there’s any doubt about what TCW means here, his subsequent retweet of David French makes it clear
January 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It's the dumbest, most narrow version of deontology where the only ethical stance is "respectful equality" where no wrongdoing can possibly be considered worse or more dangerous than any other. Being rude and killing someone are equal evils. It's the "Wishing Nazis were dead makes you a Nazi" take.
Several books by @adapalmer.bsky.social! Inventing the Renaissance gives us several profiles of renaissance superstars that are honest about “oh this dude was at minimum gay as hell”, and deontology vs virtue ethics with pop culture characters as test cases. Also read all of Terra Ignota this year!
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Several books by @adapalmer.bsky.social! Inventing the Renaissance gives us several profiles of renaissance superstars that are honest about “oh this dude was at minimum gay as hell”, and deontology vs virtue ethics with pop culture characters as test cases. Also read all of Terra Ignota this year!
My 'The virtues of cultivated meat' is now available OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.
I make a case for cultivated meat using virtue ethics, complementing existing cases drawing upon consequentialism or deontology.
I make a case for cultivated meat using virtue ethics, complementing existing cases drawing upon consequentialism or deontology.
The Virtues of Cultivated Meat - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Most ethicists defending cellular agriculture draw upon consequentialism or deontology. There has been no thoroughgoing virtue-ethical defence. In this paper, I explore three sets of reasons that the ...
link.springer.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
My 'The virtues of cultivated meat' is now available OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.
I make a case for cultivated meat using virtue ethics, complementing existing cases drawing upon consequentialism or deontology.
I make a case for cultivated meat using virtue ethics, complementing existing cases drawing upon consequentialism or deontology.
Morality system in a video game but instead of good and evil it's a list of stats for shit like deontology, utilitarianism, divine command theory, etc.
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Morality system in a video game but instead of good and evil it's a list of stats for shit like deontology, utilitarianism, divine command theory, etc.
Philosophical theories should have theme songs.
Deontology? "Johnny B. Goode"
Presentism? "The Times They Are a-Changing"
Idealism? "Always On My Mind"
Philosophy of mind? Of course, "Proud Mary"!
Qualia? "More Than a Feeling"
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #science #cogsci
Deontology? "Johnny B. Goode"
Presentism? "The Times They Are a-Changing"
Idealism? "Always On My Mind"
Philosophy of mind? Of course, "Proud Mary"!
Qualia? "More Than a Feeling"
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #science #cogsci
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Philosophical theories should have theme songs.
Deontology? "Johnny B. Goode"
Presentism? "The Times They Are a-Changing"
Idealism? "Always On My Mind"
Philosophy of mind? Of course, "Proud Mary"!
Qualia? "More Than a Feeling"
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #science #cogsci
Deontology? "Johnny B. Goode"
Presentism? "The Times They Are a-Changing"
Idealism? "Always On My Mind"
Philosophy of mind? Of course, "Proud Mary"!
Qualia? "More Than a Feeling"
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #science #cogsci
Learn and Apply Formal Ethical Frameworks:
Deontology (duty‑based)-
“What duties do I have, independent of outcomes?”
Assess whether a rule respects individual rights even if it yields efficient results.
Deontology (duty‑based)-
“What duties do I have, independent of outcomes?”
Assess whether a rule respects individual rights even if it yields efficient results.
December 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Learn and Apply Formal Ethical Frameworks:
Deontology (duty‑based)-
“What duties do I have, independent of outcomes?”
Assess whether a rule respects individual rights even if it yields efficient results.
Deontology (duty‑based)-
“What duties do I have, independent of outcomes?”
Assess whether a rule respects individual rights even if it yields efficient results.
Worrying that enjoying good action makes you bad is protestant baggage that Kant (a deontologist) stuck you with. There's good shit to take from deontology but that part is best consigned to the rubbish heap of failed ethical systems, like egoism & act-utilitarianism. Enjoy your good deeds. Be free
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Worrying that enjoying good action makes you bad is protestant baggage that Kant (a deontologist) stuck you with. There's good shit to take from deontology but that part is best consigned to the rubbish heap of failed ethical systems, like egoism & act-utilitarianism. Enjoy your good deeds. Be free
any serious consequentialism/deontology pushes one to adopt a virtue ethics-y orientation toward building personal character to act in accordance with those aspirations!
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
any serious consequentialism/deontology pushes one to adopt a virtue ethics-y orientation toward building personal character to act in accordance with those aspirations!
listen it's already a fucking nightmare talking to an NPC and having to have to guess what parts of what he's saying are just pleasantries and what parts are actually clues to the story. No I extremely do not want an NPC that can take a 72-hour digression into deontology for no reason.
Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
listen it's already a fucking nightmare talking to an NPC and having to have to guess what parts of what he's saying are just pleasantries and what parts are actually clues to the story. No I extremely do not want an NPC that can take a 72-hour digression into deontology for no reason.
idk I guess I feel that many peopel across the ideological spectrum deploy deontology in their arguments and then switch back to utilitarian arguments when it suits them
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
idk I guess I feel that many peopel across the ideological spectrum deploy deontology in their arguments and then switch back to utilitarian arguments when it suits them
While it's gotten very business class popsci ("thinking fast vs thinking slow") I do repeatedly find a sharp distinction among many people between heuristic/rule based thinking (eg where they follow a code & respond to things) and overall-evaluative tradeoff thinking. Deontology vs consequentialism.
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
While it's gotten very business class popsci ("thinking fast vs thinking slow") I do repeatedly find a sharp distinction among many people between heuristic/rule based thinking (eg where they follow a code & respond to things) and overall-evaluative tradeoff thinking. Deontology vs consequentialism.
Gratulacje dla dr Katarzyna Maniszewska wykładowczyni Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku i Uniwersytetu Civitas oraz eksperta #PTBN, za tekst "Deontology of AI. Towards Ethical Governance of AI for Countering Terrorism and Radicalization”, który został przyjęty do wydania w “The Global Extremism Papers".
Global Extremism Papers Editor’s Note – Inaugural Issue (2026) | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Edited by the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University
extremism.gwu.edu
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Gratulacje dla dr Katarzyna Maniszewska wykładowczyni Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku i Uniwersytetu Civitas oraz eksperta #PTBN, za tekst "Deontology of AI. Towards Ethical Governance of AI for Countering Terrorism and Radicalization”, który został przyjęty do wydania w “The Global Extremism Papers".
Mastering strategic communication (SUCCES/4Ps).
Navigating decisions using ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism/Deontology).
Inspired and ready to transform learning environments
#PublicPolicy #FacultyTraining #LeadershipSkills
Navigating decisions using ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism/Deontology).
Inspired and ready to transform learning environments
#PublicPolicy #FacultyTraining #LeadershipSkills
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Mastering strategic communication (SUCCES/4Ps).
Navigating decisions using ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism/Deontology).
Inspired and ready to transform learning environments
#PublicPolicy #FacultyTraining #LeadershipSkills
Navigating decisions using ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism/Deontology).
Inspired and ready to transform learning environments
#PublicPolicy #FacultyTraining #LeadershipSkills
All means must be considered an end in themselves. If the means to your ends do not each stand alone as an act you find moral, then you are making dangerous choices.
This is the basis of Deontology, as opposed to Utilitarianism which is ends justify means if it results in greater good.
This is the basis of Deontology, as opposed to Utilitarianism which is ends justify means if it results in greater good.
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
All means must be considered an end in themselves. If the means to your ends do not each stand alone as an act you find moral, then you are making dangerous choices.
This is the basis of Deontology, as opposed to Utilitarianism which is ends justify means if it results in greater good.
This is the basis of Deontology, as opposed to Utilitarianism which is ends justify means if it results in greater good.
This week the Project on Ethics in Political Communication is reading about consequentialism and deontology, and watching Democratic intervention in Republican primaries.
ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/2024/1/...
ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/2024/1/...
Notes - Spring 2024 — Project on Ethics in Political Communication
ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org
January 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM
This week the Project on Ethics in Political Communication is reading about consequentialism and deontology, and watching Democratic intervention in Republican primaries.
ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/2024/1/...
ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/2024/1/...
but none of this resistance is important. i loved the closing section, which syncs well w my own thoughts about 'deontology' and its uses.
December 28, 2024 at 6:24 PM
but none of this resistance is important. i loved the closing section, which syncs well w my own thoughts about 'deontology' and its uses.