The Implementation Problem for Deontology
The Implementation Problem for Deontology
Ethical theories mostly focus on what constitutes right action, with competing theories offering their favoured answers: Do what maximises happiness; Do that which God would approve of; Refrain from actions which violate principles for the regulation of behaviour that no one could reasonably reject as a basis for informed, unforced, general agreement; and so on. They typically have much less to say about how one should implement their favoured answer. The question of implementation is the focus of this chapter. Various answers that deontologists might offer to this question are considered and found wanting, and a diagnosis of the source of their difficulties is suggested.
Keywords: deontology, implementation, value, probability, knowledge, constitution, absolutism
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