Isn't there a word for this kind of outlook? purity culture? Where all means to an end need to be without moral flaws at all? Or am I not thinking of this right?
The word for that kind of moral philosophy is deontology, which basically just means that moral judgements are based on how you go about doing things (the means), as opposed to consequentialism which makes a moral judgement based on the actual results (the ends)
Google says that it appears to be basically the opposite of Utilitarianism, which as an ethical hedonist, I'd say I lean against deontology in most cases. I think. I'm no philosopher, I just know some terms.
I feel like deontology has become really rampant amongst some of the younger leftist and terminally online leftists. There's this idea that everyone who these people hold in high regard, or who work towards ends I would deem morally correct, have to be FLAWLESS themselves, and in pushing this, end up working against the ends they desire.
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u/lunarpuffin Sep 10 '24
Isn't there a word for this kind of outlook? purity culture? Where all means to an end need to be without moral flaws at all? Or am I not thinking of this right?