Douglas_Knight comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 01 February 2010 08:12:05AM 11 points [-]

The problem with unbreakable rules is that you're only allowed to have one.

"Allowed"?

It is quite common for moral systems found in the field to have multiple unbreakable rules and for subscribers to be faced with the bad moral luck of having to break one of them. The moral system probably has a preference on the choice, but it still condemns the act and the person.