Morendil comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 01 February 2010 02:56:30AM 29 points [-]

Sometimes I believe that

Of course, everyone uses "good" to label all three, but the difference is what is fundamental. cf Richard Chappell

Comment author: Morendil 01 February 2010 07:41:55AM 0 points [-]

...and I'm wondering where contractualism fits in there.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 01 February 2010 08:04:15AM 2 points [-]

Contracts tend to be about acts. Social contract theories, including Scanlon's sound deontological to me.