Not as odd as you might think. I’ve made the point to several people that I am a consequentialist who, by virtue of only dealing with minor moral problems, behaves like a deontologist most of the time. The negative consequences of breaking with deontological principles immediately (and possibly long-term) outweigh the positive consequence improvement that the consequentialist action offers over the deontological action.
I imagine if Omega told you in no uncertain terms that one of the consequences of you being consequentialist is that one of your consequentialist decisions will have, unknown to you, horrific consequences that far outweigh all moral gains made—if Omega told you this, a consequentialist would desire to adopt deontology.
Not as odd as you might think. I’ve made the point to several people that I am a consequentialist who, by virtue of only dealing with minor moral problems, behaves like a deontologist most of the time. The negative consequences of breaking with deontological principles immediately (and possibly long-term) outweigh the positive consequence improvement that the consequentialist action offers over the deontological action.
I imagine if Omega told you in no uncertain terms that one of the consequences of you being consequentialist is that one of your consequentialist decisions will have, unknown to you, horrific consequences that far outweigh all moral gains made—if Omega told you this, a consequentialist would desire to adopt deontology.