What is Deontology
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- Created on: 30-05-16 11:00
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- What is Deontology?
- Deontologist believed; moral worth of an action has nothing to do with any consequences that the action might have
- Because the consequences of an action are usually out of our control
- Moral worth of an act must come from something intrinsic to the act itself, rather than extrinsic to it
- Deontological Approach = Duty Ethics
- Certain actions are wrong/never carried out
- i.e Lying or Murder
- Kant
- Moral rightness of an act is instead determined by intentions or motives of the act
- Contrast with Utilitarianism
- 1. The view that - any action could in principle be justified
- 2. Provided it generated good consequence
- Opposite because it looks at the consequence of an action - where as Deontology doesn't
- Deontologist believed; moral worth of an action has nothing to do with any consequences that the action might have
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