ETHC 3P82 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Categorical Imperative, Hypothetical Imperative, Deontological Ethics

• School: Brock University
• Department: Business - Ethics
• Course: ETHC 3P82
• Professor: Yasanthi Perera

Document Summary

Lec - class 3 - ethical frameworks - deontological approaches (kantianism, rights, justice & Deontological theories are principle-based ; deon duty, obligation. There are some principles or rules that we ought to follow even if doing so prevents good consequences or results in bad consequences. Rules or principles create ethical duties that bind us to act or decide in certain ways. Rules derived from various institutions in which we participate, or from various social roles that we fill. A right is a person"s entitlement to something; X has the right to do or have y . Human rights -- un"s universal declaration of rights. Universal -- in all places; equal; non-transferable. Human rights in relation to net utility. A duty or obligation to not interfere in certain activities of the person who holds the right. A duty of obligation to provide the holder of the right with whatever he or she needs to pursue his or her interests.