I mean, at some point the deontologist has to choose between two kinds of rule-breaking (say, between “always tell the truth” and “do not kill people, or through inaction allow people to die”), and the way to do that is by figuring out which rule is more important, which sounds an awful lot like consequentialism
Sorta agreed. But note that rewriting some conflicting rules into consequentialist values automatically produces the instrumental goal of “avoid getting into situations where the rules would conflict”, whereas the original deontologist might or might not have that as one of their rules.
Sorta agreed. But note that rewriting some conflicting rules into consequentialist values automatically produces the instrumental goal of “avoid getting into situations where the rules would conflict”, whereas the original deontologist might or might not have that as one of their rules.