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In contemporary moral philosophy, deontology is one of those kinds of normative theories regarding which choices are morally required, forbidden, or permitted.
Deontological ethics holds that at least some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences for human welfare. Descriptive of such ethics are such expressions as “Duty for duty’s sake,” “Virtue is its own reward,” and “Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”
Deontology is an ethical theory that uses rules to distinguish right from wrong. Deontology is often associated with philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant believed that ethical actions follow universal moral laws, such as “Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Don’t cheat.” Deontology is simple to apply.
In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. [1]
Deontology is an ethical theory that says actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules. Its name comes from the Greek word deon , meaning duty. Actions that align with these rules are ethical, while actions that don’t aren’t.
Kant’s deontological philosophy stemmed from his belief that humans possess the ability to reason and understand universal moral laws that they can apply in all situations. Unlike many other ethical theories, deontology does not focus on the consequences of individual actions [2].
Deontology is a branch of philosophy that focuses on ethics and morality. These principles, known as deontological principles, are used to assess an action's ethical worth. Examples of deontological principles include the Golden Rule, Kantianism, and the Categorical Imperative.
Deontology asserts that there are several distinct duties. Certain kinds of act are intrinsically right and other kinds intrinsically wrong. The rightness or wrongness of any particular act is thus not (or not wholly) determined by the goodness or badness of its consequences.
Deontology or deontological ethics (the terms stem from the Greek root deon meaning “obligation” or “duty”) is an approach to ethics which judges the morality of actions based on their adherence to a set of (most often strict) action-principles or rules.
Deontology is a moral theory developed by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). Deontology stipulates that what is morally good are moral maxims or moral rules that are capable of being rationally intuited, are universalizable and are true, and, to be followed through duty, are independent of the consequences of following the moral maxims.