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2006-12-10 12:25:48 · 3 answers · asked by joy f 1 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

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I think you mean deontological ethics. Its the idea that your moral decisions should be made by considering your duties and the rights of others. Often presupposes that rights are given to men by God. Immanuel Kant is probably the most well known and influential deontologicalist.

Deontological ethics is often considered the opposite of utilitarian ethics. Utilitarians say what ever action creates the most good is the moral action. Deontologists disagree and would argue that some times doing something that creates good would still be wrong if it violated others rights. For example say I randomly shot a gun into a crowd and killed someone for sport, and say the someone was Hitler. A utilitarian would say I did something good because I killed a bad man a deontologicalist would say even though I did some good I am still morally bad because I shot into the crowd disregarding the rights of others.

2006-12-10 12:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by Daz2020 4 · 0 0

ethics related to deontholocology

2006-12-10 20:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Meatball ;) 3 · 0 0

some kind of ethics ?

2006-12-10 20:28:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mat D 2 · 0 0

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