This is why I feel like I&#x27;m transitioning, over time, from value ethics to deontology. Value ethics are really susceptible to this paradox. But if I can induce what appear to be my principles from my value-ethics instincts, and then, as an exercise, try to reason out from my principles and act accordingly, then perhaps I am more consistent.<p>That&#x27;s if you see being consistent as an axiom to try to always meet. A lot of people don&#x27;t, and I don&#x27;t know how to argue with them.