View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 09-15-2006, 06:42 AM
ForceoftheTruth's Avatar
ForceoftheTruth ForceoftheTruth is offline
Guru
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oregon
Posts: 8,897
ForceoftheTruth is on a distinguished road
Credits: 42,789
Default .

Quote:
Originally Posted by nawbut";p=&quot View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by ForceoftheTruth";p=&quot View Post
I support strict deontological ethics
A bit too strict for me, though we probably approach these issues from the same Kantian root:
I support Kant's ethics only in that he opposed using anyone as the means to an end. Overall, I actually support a somewhat more flexible approach, more like that of Sir David Ross. Kant put actions into classes much as rule utilitarians do- without regard for the specific circumstances. I support strict deontological ethics, however, in that I hold that, if we could know all of the circumstances relevant to a given moral decision, there would be only one justifiable action to take. I also hold that we must make our moral decisions on an act-by-act basis after gathering as much relevant information as we can to make the best ethical decision possible. Errors in actions are inevitable, of course, though errors in intent are not.
__________________
"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)
Reply With Quote