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Re:Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Go... by nitrogen on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:56PM (#24134026)
You can't just say "there is no end" and follow it with "my end is the right end".

At least talk about why you think deontology is better than other forms of norm setting, why the law must be right even though there are many different and contradictory laws in different places, and how you propose to make new rules if not based on a concept of "right" that is independent from the existing rules.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics

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Re:Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Go... by jmalicki on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:14PM (#24134274)
Why do you think that law is necessarily deontological? There are many areas of the law in the US that tilt towards consequentialism, such as antitrust law (does it harm the consumer?)
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