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kleinbl00  ·  2890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Piketty’s Crumbs

Don't overthink it.

Consequentialism: "the ends justify the means."

Deontology: "It's the principle of the thing."

Consequentially: it's okay that "today's crumbs are yesterday's loaf" because a loaf is a loaf.

Deontologically: It's not okay that "today's crumbs are yesterday's loaf" because crumbs are crumbs.