Deontology Vs Utilitarianism

In life, each individual has different views and opinions towards different controversies. There are two main ethic theories that try to explicate and validate moral rules: utilitarianism and deontological theories. Euthanasia has brought out many disputes and is a continuous ethical code of conduct amongst society.
The theories of utilitarianism and deontological differentiate a great deal. Utilitarian’s are goal oriented people; they believe in human action. A utilitarian believes that you should always do what will most likely result to the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. They believe that an individual always has an alternative purpose for everything they do. The goal of a utilitarian is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, which to them is morally correct. A utilitarian finds it “morally wrong” to not do what will maximize your pleasure. Their belief is that an action is morally right if the consequences lead to greater contentment. No moral principle exist since the link between actions and someone’s pain or pleasure is dependable on the outcome of a certain circumstance.
You do what is required by universal moral truth. Deontological theories judge the morality of choices; no matter how morally well the consequences, some choices are morally prohibited. For many deontologists, the right is said to have priority over the good. Deontology is an approach to ethics that concentrates on the rightness and wrongness of human actions themselves. Whether a situation is good or bad is dependent on whether the action that brought it about was right or wrong. To make the right moral choice, we have to have an understanding of what our moral duties are and what rules exist to regulate those