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

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Comment author: Creutzer 06 June 2015 07:36:14AM 4 points [-]

This is basically the issue of whether categorical imperatives are a coherent concept. I have the same feeling as you: that they are not, and that I don't even understand what it would mean for them to be. I'm continually baffled by the fact that so many human minds are apparently able to believe that categorical imperatives are a thing. This strikes me as a difficult problem somewhere at the intersection between philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive psychology.

Comment author: torekp 07 June 2015 11:29:11AM 0 points [-]

If you don't even understand what it would mean, this could be a symptom that you are understanding "categorical imperative" differently than they do. I'm going to guess that you are assuming metaethical motivational internalism.

Therein lies your difficulty.

Comment author: Creutzer 07 June 2015 04:14:53PM 1 point [-]

No, it doesn't, because your guess is wrong.