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Might it be good to include something on the "exploitability" objection? This seems to be behind much of right-wing deontology's emphasis on vengeance/retribution.

Gustafsson's article "Bentham's Mugging" describes one aspect of this (linked below). But I assume it has been discussed a fair amount in philosophy of criminal law and ethics of war.

With the commitment abilities allowed by computers/AI, these things get more complex and people like Caspar Oesterheld are doing interesting work that may be relevant.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/9C67002F344B20661A6C35C960F25A86/S0953820822000218a.pdf/benthams_mugging.pdf

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