@Lionel-Hutz saidI can deplore the darker side of Roald Dahl and yet still appreciate the wisdom of Willy Wonka.
Yeah, wise words.
It's so sad that such wisdom came from a plagiarist, communist, and rapist.
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@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidHey, me too. I enjoy Harry Weinstein's films but, oh well...
I can deplore the darker side of Roald Dahl and yet still appreciate the wisdom of Willy Wonka.
@Lionel-Hutz saidHow would the concept of deontology apply to the bombing of Hiroshima? Would you have been for it, or agin it? Just thought I would apply a true-life happening to your take on this thread, given the consequences of that event.
"To each their own" was the tile of a paper I had to write during law school.
I couldn't conclude authoritatively what the heck does it mean.
Personally, I started as a deontologist but moved to natural law ethics and now I am soft landing into virtue ethics.
Life is a continuum.
@TheListener saidHow? Er... you apply dentological ethics to the specific event?
How would the concept of deontology apply to the bombing of Hiroshima? Would you have been for it, or agin it? Just thought I would apply a true-life happening to your take on this thread, given the consequences of that event.
You... just... do it. Once that is done, one lays down the universal principles acceptable to reason and come up with rules or duties to judge whether an action was right or wrong.
@Lionel-Hutz saidNot to make light of your answer, but, what you say here is what people with common sense do in every facet of their actions.
How? Er... you apply dentological ethics to the specific event?
You... just... do it. Once that is done, one lays down the universal principles acceptable to reason and come up with rules or duties to judge whether an action was right or wrong.
you actually say reason, right, wrong....things one thinks about as a natural human process. What, pray tell, does deontology add to one's judgement, another word you use..
@TheListener saidThere a different approaches: take action based on the consequences achieving pleasure maximization or pain reduction, take action based not on outcome or fulfillment of duties but on flourishing through virtues, and combinations thereon.
Not to make light of your answer, but, what you say here is what people with common sense do in every facet of their actions.
you actually say reason, right, wrong....things one thinks about as a natural human process. What, pray tell, does deontology add to one's judgement, another word you use..
@Lionel-Hutz saidThat could be one way of saying the obvious, which is to do what logical people with common sense do.
There a different approaches: take action based on the consequences achieving pleasure maximization or pain reduction, take action based not on outcome or fulfillment of duties but on flourishing through virtues, and combinations thereon.