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<blockquote data-quote="pnewman" data-source="post: 8294721" data-attributes="member: 22036">I think that Lawful is what a philosopher would call &quot;deontological&quot; and Chaotic is what a philosopher would call &quot;teleological&quot;.&quot;In deontological <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethics" target="_blank">ethics</a> an action is considered morally good because of some characteristic of the action itself, not because the product of the action is good. Deontological ethics holds that at least some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences for human welfare. Descriptive of such ethics are such expressions as “Duty for duty’s sake,” “Virtue is its own reward,” and “Let <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/justice-social-concept" target="_blank">justice</a> be done though the heavens fall.”By contrast, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/teleological-ethics" target="_blank">teleological ethics</a> (also called consequentialist ethics or <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/consequentialism" target="_blank">consequentialism</a>) holds that the basic standard of morality is precisely the value of what an action brings into being. Deontological theories have been termed formalistic, because their central principle lies in the conformity of an action to some rule or <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/law" target="_blank">law</a>.&quot; <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/deontological-ethics" target="_blank">deontological ethics | Definition, Meaning, Examples, &amp; Facts</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="pnewman, post: 8294721, member: 22036"] I think that Lawful is what a philosopher would call "deontological" and Chaotic is what a philosopher would call "teleological". "In deontological [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethics']ethics[/URL] an action is considered morally good because of some characteristic of the action itself, not because the product of the action is good. Deontological ethics holds that at least some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences for human welfare. Descriptive of such ethics are such expressions as “Duty for duty’s sake,” “Virtue is its own reward,” and “Let [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/justice-social-concept']justice[/URL] be done though the heavens fall.” By contrast, [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/teleological-ethics']teleological ethics[/URL] (also called consequentialist ethics or [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/consequentialism']consequentialism[/URL]) holds that the basic standard of morality is precisely the value of what an action brings into being. Deontological theories have been termed formalistic, because their central principle lies in the conformity of an action to some rule or [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/law']law[/URL]." [URL="https://www.britannica.com/topic/deontological-ethics"]deontological ethics | Definition, Meaning, Examples, & Facts[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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