both aspects involve some deep structure related to being an agent in the world, neither seems like just messy implementation details for the other
Indeed. Specifically, “right” and “good” are not synonyms.
“Right” and “wrong”, that is praisweorthiness and blameability
are concepts that belong to deontology. A good outcome in the consequentialist sense, one that is a generally desired, is a different
concept from a deontologically right action.
Consider a case where someone dies in an industrial accident , although all rules were followed: if you think the plant manager should be exonerated because he folowed the rules, you are siding with deontology, whereas if you think he should be punished because a death occurred under his supervision, you are siding with consequentialism.
Consider a case where someone dies in an industrial accident , although all rules were followed: if you think the plant manager should be exonerated because he folowed the rules, you are siding with deontology, whereas if you think he should be punished because a death occurred under his supervision, you are siding with consequentialism.
That’s not how consequentialism works. The consequentialist answer would be to punish the plant manager if and only if doing so would cause the world to become a better place.
Indeed. Specifically, “right” and “good” are not synonyms.
“Right” and “wrong”, that is praisweorthiness and blameability are concepts that belong to deontology. A good outcome in the consequentialist sense, one that is a generally desired, is a different concept from a deontologically right action.
Consider a case where someone dies in an industrial accident , although all rules were followed: if you think the plant manager should be exonerated because he folowed the rules, you are siding with deontology, whereas if you think he should be punished because a death occurred under his supervision, you are siding with consequentialism.
That’s not how consequentialism works. The consequentialist answer would be to punish the plant manager if and only if doing so would cause the world to become a better place.