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39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?

No Stupid Questions

CHAPTER

The Distinction Between Utilitarian and Deontological Morality

Economist Steven Johnson says he empathizes with people who think cheating is wrong on principle. He argues there's a difference between utilitarian and deontological morality. In economics, lexicographic preferences are where no cost benefit analysis can be done for one thing over another. "I guess I consider cheating just one part of the great triumvirate"

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