<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:41:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/deontology/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The means justify the ends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reread that, you likely read the opposite at first. Our western societies are more and more going the opposite direction. Infringing on rights to safe lives. I say, NO. The ends do not justify the means.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@reversehitler88/the-means-justify-the-ends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@reversehitler88/the-means-justify-the-ends</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reversehitler88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 21:29:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pro-life vs Pro-Choice - revisiting the moral debate. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people who are pro-choice are "pro-choice, with caveats." For example, most pro-choice people I'm aware of are quite fine with abortions being illegal in the final trimester, except for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@honeybee/pro-life-vs-pro-choice-revisiting-the-moral-debate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@honeybee/pro-life-vs-pro-choice-revisiting-the-moral-debate</guid><category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 03:03:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHddmkPyhEELscY5KZPcSLoLA66P69xNaKtuQpv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deontological politics.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've studied political theory for years, and at the end of the day, if there's one thing I'm absolutely sure of, it's that I care more about how policies will affect people's day-to-day lives than about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/morality/@leguna/deontological-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/morality/@leguna/deontological-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[morality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fB2Hdo3jY1oL5FjKc9EtWcfhz1c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utilitarian Natural Law Theory: Consequentialist Deontological Virtue Ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utilitarianism seems self-evidently true. You can disagree with the particulars, but the essence is correct—happiness and pleasure are good, while suffering and pain are bad. The utilitarianism of Mill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@ekklesiagora/utilitarian-natural-law-theory-consequentialist-deontological-virtue-ethics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@ekklesiagora/utilitarian-natural-law-theory-consequentialist-deontological-virtue-ethics</guid><category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ekklesiagora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDQoMBsiRMZD2ZVd2Rza6QV56kN6iSM9vCm7S3ikL8uoTPLMSNR11CLyhct3kg9LGQZC1MR33rcfTuJFGm74?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fatal Platonism of the Categorical Imperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moral maxims are rules governing actions, or commands to act in certain ways considered morally correct. Some of the most well known maxims are those that come to us by way of religious tradition. “Thou]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@exitingthecave/the-fatal-platonism-of-the-categorical-imperative</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@exitingthecave/the-fatal-platonism-of-the-categorical-imperative</guid><category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[exitingthecave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSuZnwXb98jkCzgPgc4Xo2M2ZU9jdPvGhWCjUz427He3g78tSpUmQQNpfJZBRVc4d2v8zQaycZ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 101, #1: Difference between a moral Consequentialist and Deontologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[It matters in moral philosophy how you arrive at your conclusions. In this post I’d like to discuss two different ways through which we could justify moral activities. Consequentialist The Consequentialist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@chhaylin/philosophy-101-1-difference-between-a-moral-consequentialist-and-deontologist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@chhaylin/philosophy-101-1-difference-between-a-moral-consequentialist-and-deontologist</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chhaylin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5cZUEw6DD9wPwgCTQ9FALs5HbLDBC8FKiEK3TCrck2F5bhz3veKyX2hzm2ztJD7jhybSP6K8kRxRJVs4KdkdMMw2VEpd2QDGmeCteFxmL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural Rights Libertarianism (deontology) vs Consequentialist Libertarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deontological libertarianism is based on the non-aggression principle, which states that no human being holds the right to initiate force or fraud against the person or property of another human being,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@dana-edwards/natural-rights-libertarianism-deontology-vs-consequentialist-libertarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@dana-edwards/natural-rights-libertarianism-deontology-vs-consequentialist-libertarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dana-edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 04:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKvLeuXiM9BFqxC76Rcwh864rrD2QEf4rdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with non-aggression principle absolutism from the perspective of a practical consequentialist (part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The non-aggression principle is a libertarian ideal which results in a very simplified black and white morality. While this kind of morality is logical it is not necessarily practical for best choice under]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dana-edwards/the-problem-with-non-aggression-principle-absolutism-from-the-perspective-of-a-practical-consequentialist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dana-edwards/the-problem-with-non-aggression-principle-absolutism-from-the-perspective-of-a-practical-consequentialist</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dana-edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779BwLf9ykY9MFeKoqjqnMwZdbtttEnwJGVt2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>