One thing to be careful about in such decisions—you don’t know your own utility function very precisely, and your modeling of both future interactions and your value from such are EXTREMELY lossy.
The best argument for deontological approaches is that you’re running on very corrupt hardware, and rules that have evolved and been tested over a long period of time are far more trustworthy than your ad-hoc analysis which privileges obvious visible artifacts over more subtle (but often more important) considerations.
One thing to be careful about in such decisions—you don’t know your own utility function very precisely, and your modeling of both future interactions and your value from such are EXTREMELY lossy.
The best argument for deontological approaches is that you’re running on very corrupt hardware, and rules that have evolved and been tested over a long period of time are far more trustworthy than your ad-hoc analysis which privileges obvious visible artifacts over more subtle (but often more important) considerations.