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Torbjorn Tannsjo

According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period.

Humans

Innocent

Periods

Actually, I defend the right to free abortion.

Abortion

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations.

Ethics

Ideas

Principles

I am a left winger, thought.

Left

Left Wing

I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

Hedonistic

Utilitarian

Utilitarianism

I am indeed a moral realist.

Moral

Realist

I have been brought up in a culture where capital punishment is indeed anathema. I have always thought of myself as a principled opponent to capital punishment. However, when thinking about how the topic is handled in other cultures, in particular the American, Russian and Chinese ones, I have realised that my own tack on the issue was utterly superficial.

Other Cultures

Punishment

Thinking

I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.

Becoming

People

Punishment

I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if not in principle, so at least in practice.

Military

People

Practice

In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with all its parties is representative of the political opinions among the citizens. It is reasonable to claim that the people rule itself through the political institutions.

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Party

Political Opinions

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Fate

Giving

Hedonistic

Humans

Ideas

Innocent

Killing

Late

Left

Left Wing

Letting Go

Liberty

Long

May

Mean

Military

Moral

Murder

Nihilism

Obvious

Ordinary

Other Cultures

Pain

Party

People

Periods

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Philosophy

Political Opinions

Practice

Principles

Punishment

Race

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Quotes by Torbjorn Tannsjo

Torbjorn Tannsjo

According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period.

Actually, I defend the right to free abortion.

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations.

I am a left winger, thought.

I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

I am indeed a moral realist.

I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.

I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if not in principle, so at least in practice.

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