I had never had a word for deontology, but have thought about the concept before. I have internally debated whether it is itself an act of survival when as a person I consider whether I should take the deontology approach or a consequential approach - almost feels like sometimes, I default to consequentialism when I can't navigate the possibility of not having something at all, slightly like a cop-out but convince myself its "for the best". I have thought about whether deontology makes me uncomfortable when my creativity does not allow me to imagine a world where we do not use a particular piece of technology at all.
I have been reading Surveillance Capitalism by Zuboff and feel constantly aware of Big Tech - and I have to say, I have debated many times if what I should do is avoid it - and come back exactly to your point - avoiding it would cost me _precious_ time, so I have opted out only selectively, almost like a cost-benefit analysis (how capitalist of me!).
Great thoughts Alix!
I had never had a word for deontology, but have thought about the concept before. I have internally debated whether it is itself an act of survival when as a person I consider whether I should take the deontology approach or a consequential approach - almost feels like sometimes, I default to consequentialism when I can't navigate the possibility of not having something at all, slightly like a cop-out but convince myself its "for the best". I have thought about whether deontology makes me uncomfortable when my creativity does not allow me to imagine a world where we do not use a particular piece of technology at all.
I have been reading Surveillance Capitalism by Zuboff and feel constantly aware of Big Tech - and I have to say, I have debated many times if what I should do is avoid it - and come back exactly to your point - avoiding it would cost me _precious_ time, so I have opted out only selectively, almost like a cost-benefit analysis (how capitalist of me!).
A really illuminating read. Thank you.