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Deontology or deontological ethics (the terms stem from the Greek root deon meaning “obligation” or “duty”) is an approach to ethics which judges the morality of actions based on their adherence to a set of (most often strict) action-principles or rules. These rules typically divide actions into three moral categories: (1) those that ...
1. Deontological ethics. In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action.
Deontology. One of the distinctive features of Kant’s ethics is that it focuses on duties, defined by right and wrong. Right and wrong (which are the primary deontic categories, along with obligatory, optional, supererogatory, and others) are distinct from good and bad (which are value categories) in that they directly prescribe actions ...
Aug 8, 2023 · According to Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), a German philosopher, deontology is an ethical approach centered on rules and professional duties[1]. Deontology derives from the Greek deont, which refers to that which is binding[1]. Kant’s deontological philosophy stemmed from his belief that humans possess the ability to reason and understand universal moral laws that they can apply in all ...
Jan 15, 2019 · Alexander, Larry, and Michael Moore. “Deontological Ethics.” In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edited by Edward N. Zalta. 2016. An up-to-date and very detailed overview of deontology with a special focus on the division into agent-centered and victim-centered (patient-centered) deontological theories.
Jun 27, 2022 · 1.2.1 Morality and Ethics. Ethics is generally understood to be the study of “living well as a human being”. This is the topic of works such as Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, in which the aim of human beings is to exemplify human excellence of character. The sense in which we understand it here is that ethics is broader than morality ...
Deontological Ethics. Deontological ethics is a theory of morality based on a “nonconsequentialist” view of people and moral decision-making. Deontology comes from the Greek word for “duty.”. Thus, deontological ethics maintains that actions are not justified by their consequences. Rather, factors other than good outcomes determine the ...
