Neither deontology nor utilitarianism: virtue ethics. It is the only one that considers human behavior in its sense of cultural evolution. Kant’s deontology did not allow him to take a rational and impartial position on ethical issues such as women’s rights, extreme social inequality or slavery, in which he was dependent on the prejudices of his time. And consequentialism-utilitarianism is not consequentialist enough if it ignores that all human action depends on internalized patterns of moral behavior: lifestyle, ethos. If we want to develop the greatest good for the greatest number, the most convenient thing is to develop the most benevolent, empathetic and rational human behavior possible as a lifestyle and foundation of a prosocial culture.
Neither deontology nor utilitarianism: virtue ethics. It is the only one that considers human behavior in its sense of cultural evolution. Kant’s deontology did not allow him to take a rational and impartial position on ethical issues such as women’s rights, extreme social inequality or slavery, in which he was dependent on the prejudices of his time. And consequentialism-utilitarianism is not consequentialist enough if it ignores that all human action depends on internalized patterns of moral behavior: lifestyle, ethos.
If we want to develop the greatest good for the greatest number, the most convenient thing is to develop the most benevolent, empathetic and rational human behavior possible as a lifestyle and foundation of a prosocial culture.