Yeah, I think these are good points. I also suspect that many deontologists and virtue ethicists would be extremely annoyed at my claim that they aren’t alternative theories to consequentialism.
(Though I also suspect that many are somewhat annoyed at the typical way the distinctions between these types of theories are described by philosophers in a broadly consequentialist tradition. My limited experience debating with committed Kantians suggests that disagreements seem much more fundamental than “I think the right action is the one with the best consequences, and you think there are additional determinants of rightness beyond axiology”, or anything like that.)
Yeah, I think these are good points. I also suspect that many deontologists and virtue ethicists would be extremely annoyed at my claim that they aren’t alternative theories to consequentialism.
(Though I also suspect that many are somewhat annoyed at the typical way the distinctions between these types of theories are described by philosophers in a broadly consequentialist tradition. My limited experience debating with committed Kantians suggests that disagreements seem much more fundamental than “I think the right action is the one with the best consequences, and you think there are additional determinants of rightness beyond axiology”, or anything like that.)