- In
moral philosophy,
deontological ethics or
deontology (from Gr****: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the
normative ethical theory that the...
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consequentialism and
deontology,
which make the
goodness of
outcomes of an
action (consequentialism) and the
concept of
moral duty (
deontology) central. While...
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Alexander &
Moore 2021, § 1.
Deontology's Foil:
Consequentialism Hooker 2005, pp. 162–164
Alexander &
Moore 2021, § 1.
Deontology's Foil:
Consequentialism Hooker...
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Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') or
finality is a
branch of
causality giving the reason...
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Consequentialism is
usually contrasted with
deontological ethics (or
deontology):
deontology, in
which rules and
moral duty are central,
derives the rightness...
- such
disciplines as law and ethics,
especially theories of
justice and
deontology. The
history of
social conflicts has
often involved attempts to define...
- the
conduct of a
person then the
first group of
theories (ontology and
deontology)
looks at the
principles themselves, the
second group of
theories (teleology...
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Solon (Gr****: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an
archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker,
political philosopher, and poet. He is one of the
Seven Sages of...
- is justified, as the
potential benefits outweigh the
potential costs;
deontology holds that
killing baby
Hitler is unjustified, as
infanticide is always...
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medical treatments.
Within contemporary normative ethics, consequentialism,
deontology, and
virtue ethics are
influential schools of thought. Consequentialists...
