#deontological — Public Fediverse posts

@mpjgregoire @ArthurI

This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.

David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.

https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/

#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115970177564955152

@ArthurI what do you think of this resolution I came up with to the consequentialist judgement paradox you came up with?

#philosophy #ethics #Consequentialism #utilitarian #utilitarianism #consequentialist #deontology #deontological

Does studying economics turn students "into unscrupulous calculating machines"?

In "a sample of #Polish undergraduate students of #Economics (N=408) and #Sociology (N=123) ...we observed that the choices of more advanced #economists-to-be [we]re more #deontological (grounded in norms) than #utilitarian (grounded in benefits) [suggesting] that economic education does not...."

http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2024/17-2/5

#ethics #moralPsychology #xPhi #higherEd

#Emotion words were used less by #Spanish bilinguals that read and wrote about whether to sacrifice someone to save lives (on footbridge #trolleyProblem) in their #secondLanguage (#English).

Using their 2nd #language also led to more #utilitarian #moral decisions and arguments—an effect mediated by using (fewer) high-arousal words.

Support for #dualProcessTheory claims that #emotion can promote #deontological #ethical thinking?

https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221134193

#xPhi #DecisionScience #socialPsychology