eigenrobot: Deontology Liberates Rather Than Burdens, and Shrimp Consequentialism Is Post Hoc Scrupulosity
eigenrobot · x · 2026-09-21
In a two-part post, eigenrobot argues that deontology is commonly misunderstood as onerous when it is actually liberating: it bounds the scope of moral calculus and supplies a set of starting points. He then dismisses consequentialist concern for shrimp welfare as mostly post hoc rationalization of scrupulosity among people who 'have forgotten god but still feel his weight,' noting they have no way to know whether any action nets out to reduced weighted suffering globally.
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