expressed in high school terms, the three major schools of ethics are: * "you're not my dad!" (deontology) * "it's better to be a jock / cheerleader than to be lame" (virtue ethics) * "mom, I REALLLLY need a car, so I can volunteer at the soup kitchen and stuff" (utilitarianism)
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Replying to @MorlockP
props for not including consequentialism, which is fake
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Replying to @djinnius
it's a subset of utilitarianism, so, yes, I agree with you
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Replying to @djinnius
in theory, no in practice, yes hmmm... I like this framing. for maximum lulz we need to (a) explain each X in terms of a Y, (b) make sure that they complete a circuit
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something like * virtue ethics is just red tribe deontology * deontology is just gray tribe utilitarianism * utilitarianism is just blue-tribe virtue ethics it seems deep, but it says almost nothing...I think I like it.
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