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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you don’t ever want to divert the trolley then there’s no point.

That is incredibly untrue. There's plenty of point to the problem highlighting differences between moral frameworks that tell you to pull the lever and those that don't. Again, you were taught about this incorrectly. Doubling down on "deontology doesn't exist" just makes you look even more ignorant.

Which is why I mentioned it… You’re a strange one. It was interesting because he had knowledge of some pretty controversial ethical decisions that actually made for good lessons. Basically the trolley problem in real life, and where the actions were pretty fucked up.

Are you trying to self-own? The CIA has done all sorts of obviously unethical stuff (often justifying it with the framework you just presented) and working for the CIA is inherently unethical. It's like saying you studied ethics under Sauron. It's no surprise that he would teach you all sorts of wrong ideas and bad ways of thinking about things.

I brought them up… What?

You brought up deontology, did you?