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Old 08-19-2008, 12:20 AM   #5 (permalink)
kittykate789
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I'd definitely say I'm a pluralist. Intent is obviously important, but the idea of deontology is that a completely intent-conscious and absolutist(people who see morals as black and white and would never ever murder or steal) world would be better. But since our world is full of disease and people who abandon morality, consequences need to be considered.

However, Utilitarianism is about the greatest happiness for the greatest number, and that makes things like objectification morally acceptable. Also, utilitarianism seems to require us to be doing a constant stream of moral math, which is impossible to fully live by. Deontology isn't perfect either, like as Kaz says, you couldn't kill baby Hitler or do stem cell research. So for me, pluralism appears the most logical.
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