taw comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong
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It is a common failure of moral analysis (invented by deontologists undoubtedly) that they assume idealized moral situation. Proper consequentialism deals with the real world, not this fantasy.
You seem to make the error here that you rightly criticize. Your feelings have involuntary, detectable consequences; lying about them can have a real personal cost.
It is my estimate that this leakage is very low, compared to other examples. I'm not claiming it doesn't exist, and for some people it might conceivably be much higher.