Peterdjones comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong
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Rather than take the "horrible consequences" tack, I'll go in the other direction. How possible is it that something can be deontologically right or wrong if that something is something no being cares about, nor do they care about any of its consequences, by any extrapolation of their wants, likes, conscious values, etc., nor should they think others care? Is it logically possible?
Kant's answer, greatly simplified, is that rational agents will care about following moral rules, because that is part of rationality.