We disagree with the use of deontological theories in many, but not all, normative decision-making situations, because rules or principles seem too often to not capture fully all the details and require multiple exceptions to seemingly sound principles. For example, few can argue with the principles of not killing people, but our statute books are filled with exceptions and mitigating circumstances that never seem to fit every situation that arise in our life experience. We also disagree with consequential theories that evolved out of the