BerryPick6 comments on Morality is Awesome - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 05 January 2013 05:43:43AM *  3 points [-]

There's something screwy going on in your reasoning. Imagine the following closing argument at a murder trial:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I am legally and morally innocent of the crime. Yes, I wanted to kill John. Yes, I pointed the gun at him. Yes, I pulled the trigger. Yes, John is dead. But we are all deontologists, and thus we don't think about consequences when we do moral reasoning - so you must find me not guilty of murdering John.

Edit 1/11: Because it isn't clear: No reasonable deontologist would find this reasoning persuasive. nyan is at risk of strawmanning the opposing position - see our further conversation below.

Comment author: BerryPick6 11 January 2013 11:11:09AM 1 point [-]

This is a result of screwy reasoning within Deontology, not within nyan_sandwich's post.