The difference bewtween deontological and teleogical theories is that teleogical theories are the outcome of your actions and deontological is the actions that you perform. Teleological theories are what the consequence or outcome of what your actions do and Kant thinks that this is wrong and that we should act deontologically and act out of duty‚ not out of compassion. He believes that we should do something‚ because we have to‚ not out of compassion or if we think its morally wrong or right‚
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obligation." To understand the Deontological and Teleological separations it is necessary to understand what ethics is. Obviously as it is a philosophical study‚ there are varying degrees and definitions that can be based simply on ones individual perception of these types. Deontological ethics is the study of moral obligation; obviously‚ morals are based on many separate views‚ as a result‚ it is important to understand the varying perceptions. In the study of deontological ethics‚ it is the right or
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deontological vs. utilitarian ethics Kant believed that morality is dependent upon reason‚ that to act rationally was the same as acting morally. He placed a high value upon duty in determining the moral worth of an action. Kant’s deontological ethics is essentially an ethics of duty or obligation. As such‚ he claims that the moral worth of an action depends solely on whether or not it was done exclusively from a sense of duty. If an act is done simply because one is so inclined‚ the act has no
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that the morality of the act is only determined by the outcome‚ Consequentialism was popular in the 18th century as it attracted the public because it replaced instincts and questionable duties with perceptible outcomes. As a result‚ different consequentialist theories appeared that adopted its main principle but they differ in their perspective of who should benefit from outcome‚ these are Egoism‚ Altruism‚ and Utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were classic advocates for Utilitarianism
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Being in the military I have been around many different types of people. There are several major groups of ethical theories such as consequentialist (teleological)‚ nonconsequentialist (deontological)‚ and virtue theories. After thinking about past interactions with people I have worked with and pondering about my family members I will discuss to an extent I believe they use consequential‚ nonconsequential‚ and virtue theories. An old acquaintance of mine‚ Thomas uses consequential theory. He is
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Nonconsequentialists figure out whether a demonstration is great or awful in view of the essential estimation of the demonstration itself. Non-consequentialists don’t have any respect of the results yet in the event that the expectations are correct or off-base. The fluctuation amongst consequentialists and nonconsequentialists is the consideration on the demonstration or the individual. The standards nonconsequentialists take after is that there are once in a while tenets to direct our ethical
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Deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek δέον‚ deon‚ "obligation‚ duty"; and -λογία‚ -logia) is an approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule or rules. Deontologists look at rules[1] and duties. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or "rule" - based ethics‚ because rules "bind you to your duty".[2] The term "deontological" was first used in this way in 1930‚ in C. D. Broad’s book‚ Five Types of Ethical Theory.[3] Deontological
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the morally wrong decision because they strayed from a specific set of rules. As deontological morality is a black and white way of thinking‚ it would not matter if a mother stole a bottle of medicine for her extremely ill child. It would also be irrelevant if it were a criminal who stole money from a cash register. Stealing is wrong no matter the circumstance. Another example relates the Holocaust to deontological morality. As the Holocaust lasted from 1933 to 1945‚ many non-Jewish citizens dictated
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explained by deontology which is an ethic by which focuses on actions which are guided by moral obligations‚ while consequentialist ethic have based itself on the principle of‚ if the goal is morally correct then any means to achieving it are acceptable. In an essence both
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should be based on reason rather than a belief or feeling in the pursuit of knowledge. Ethical judgments stem from two basic systems: utilitarian and deontological ethics. Utilitarian ethics implies that no moral act is right or wrong. Rather‚ the consequences that are associated with the act are the basis on which it could be considered good
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