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TheAncientGeek comments on Are consequentialism and deontology not even wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 June 2015 11:10:11AM 0 points [-]

Ethical systems a re judged right and wring by epistemic norms, not moral norms.

Comment author: gjm 04 June 2015 01:06:30PM 1 point [-]

Ethical systems are judged according to different norms by different people. In particular, it's common to say "System X has the consequence that doing Y is obligatory/good/bad/prohibited, which is obviously ridiculous" and use that as grounds for rejecting system X, and that sure looks like a moral norm to me.