Comment on Deontology for Consequentialists

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:54:49 GMT

Does the question of "why" simply not enter into a deontologists thinking? My mind seems to leap to complete the statement "you should do what's right" with something along the lines of "because society will be more harmonious".

Also, I wish that psychopaths would do what's right, but what seems to be missing is any force of persuasion. And that seems important.

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