Deontology is not in general incompatible. You could have a deontology that says :God says do exactly what eliezer yudkowsky thinks is correct. But most people’s deontology does not work that way.
Our instincts being reminiscent of deontology is very much not the same thing as deontology being true.
In your metaethics, what does it mean for an ethical system to be “true”, then (put in quotations only because it is a vague term at the moment in need of definition)? Elizier’s metaethics has a good case for following a morality considered “true” in that it fits human intuitions- but if you abandon that where does it get you?
Deontology being in true in my meaning is something along the lines of god actually existing and there being a list of things he wants us to do, or a morality that is somehow inherent in the laws of physics that once we know enough about the universe everyone should follow. To me a morality that falls out of the balance between human (or sentients in general) preferences is more like utilitarianism.
Deontology is not in general incompatible. You could have a deontology that says :God says do exactly what eliezer yudkowsky thinks is correct.
That isn’t a deontology. That is an epistemic state. “God says do X” is in the class “Snow is white” not “You should do X”. Of course if you add “You should do exactly what God says” then you have a deontology. Well, you would if not for the additional fact “Eliezer Yudkowsky thinks that God saying so isn’t a particularly good reason to do it”, making the system arguably inconsistent.
Deontology is not in general incompatible. You could have a deontology that says :God says do exactly what eliezer yudkowsky thinks is correct. But most people’s deontology does not work that way.
Our instincts being reminiscent of deontology is very much not the same thing as deontology being true.
In your metaethics, what does it mean for an ethical system to be “true”, then (put in quotations only because it is a vague term at the moment in need of definition)? Elizier’s metaethics has a good case for following a morality considered “true” in that it fits human intuitions- but if you abandon that where does it get you?
Deontology being in true in my meaning is something along the lines of god actually existing and there being a list of things he wants us to do, or a morality that is somehow inherent in the laws of physics that once we know enough about the universe everyone should follow. To me a morality that falls out of the balance between human (or sentients in general) preferences is more like utilitarianism.
That isn’t a deontology. That is an epistemic state. “God says do X” is in the class “Snow is white” not “You should do X”. Of course if you add “You should do exactly what God says” then you have a deontology. Well, you would if not for the additional fact “Eliezer Yudkowsky thinks that God saying so isn’t a particularly good reason to do it”, making the system arguably inconsistent.