Ordinarily we think of the ontological and the deontological as being very different, easily distinguishable kinds of things. However, Sellars’ quote
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expresses the idea that these are not so different and we can view ontological ideas as deontological (which has the added benefit of not excavating a gap between mind and world - it’s no mystery how we can come to know how things actually are if it is a matter of understanding things like responsibility/social status).
Examples of this: