I don't see how "consequentialism" can lead to anything other than "if it helps me win, then it's good", and the only mitigating factor being deontological... the ends justify the means. The better the ends, the more justifiable any means becomes. — Wosret
I'll answer both. Kant's claim was that morality wasn't about material consequences but was about perfecting our characters. Whether shit goes well or badly for you is in God's hands. — Wosret
I don't know about grand purposes, but everyone is off doing shit for reasons all the time, and that's what I encounter in my day to day life. There is no justification for good things, they are their own justifications. They are justified by virtue of being the things they are, and being good things themselves, are the fodder of justification of less quality things. — Wosret
I think authenticity is about the coherence between how we act and our acceptance of responsibility for these actions, regardless of their size. — Cavacava
If the universal abstract I'm opposed to lying — Wosret
When stumped you go through some modification of the CI procedure. — Cavacava
No, none of those. Simply that you're a proponent of lying. — Wosret
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