PHILOS 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Immanuel Kant: Pragmatic Ethics, Deontological Ethics, Virtue Ethics
15 Mar 2018
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In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology is the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on rules. It is sometimes described as duty- or obligation- or rule- based ethics, because rules. Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted to consequentialism, virtue ethics, and pragmatic ethics. In this terminology, action is more important than the consequences. Deontologists: believe that morality is a matter of duty : always tell the truth: our moral duties allow us to do things that are right to do and inhibit us from doing things that are wrong to do. Whether something is right or wrong doesn"t depend on its consequences: an action is right or wrong in itself: (doing the action is the thing that counts, the final end doesn"t matter) Two types of duties: general duties: (ie, do not lie, do not murder, and our personal /social duties.
