Debate Shifts to Whom Confidentiality Obligations Are Owed

Tim Colbourn asked whether employees' obligations lie with Anthropic or the world it is allegedly destroying. David Manheim clarified that keeping promises is a deontological constraint that consequentialist appeals cannot override, citing Barnes that a world where promises are kept is also better consequentially.

2026-11-15 ~ 2026-11-15 · 2 related posts

• "Your obligation is to Anthropic, or the world it's working to destroy?" — timcolbourn · 2026-11-15
• Manheim: honoring commitments is deontological — and consequentialists benefit too — davidmanheim · 2026-11-15