In case anyone’s interested in how we compare to philosophers about ethics:
PhilPapers (931 people, mainly philosophy grad students and professors): Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics? Other 301 / 931 (32.3%) Accept or lean toward: deontology 241 / 931 (25.8%) Accept or lean toward: consequentialism 220 / 931 (23.6%) Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics 169 / 931 (18.1%)
LessWrong (1090 people, us): With which of these moral philosophies do you MOST identify? consequentialist (62.4%) virtue ethicist (13.9%) did not believe in morality (13.3%) deontologist (4.5%)
In case anyone’s interested in how we compare to philosophers about ethics:
PhilPapers (931 people, mainly philosophy grad students and professors):
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Other 301 / 931 (32.3%)
Accept or lean toward: deontology 241 / 931 (25.8%)
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism 220 / 931 (23.6%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics 169 / 931 (18.1%)
LessWrong (1090 people, us):
With which of these moral philosophies do you MOST identify?
consequentialist (62.4%)
virtue ethicist (13.9%)
did not believe in morality (13.3%)
deontologist (4.5%)
Full Philpapers.org survey results