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Originally Posted by ForceoftheTruth";p="
I support strict deontological ethics
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A bit too strict for me, though we probably approach these issues from the same Kantian root:
"Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law."
I suspect that you have taken this a step further and determined that it 'has become a universal law'?
Im inclined most to agree with Sadistic Saviour's view stated earlier - each situation must be judged on a case by case basis. My position would be that these judgements must be made, however, with reference to the maxim of universality noted above.
A simple reference merely to 'ends' alone leaves the subjective free will of each individual to indulge in their own personal tyranny, from the ethical viewpoint.