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Deontological Ethical Theories. The most traditional mode of taxonomizing deontological theories is to divide them between agent centered versus victim centered or patient centered theories scheffler 1988. Utilitarianism also called consequentialism is a moral theory developed and refined in the modern world in the writings of jeremy bentham 1748 1832 and john stuart mill 1806 1873. Deontological ethics in philosophy ethical theories that place special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. The negative rights theory asserts that an action is right if it protects the individual from harm or unwarranted interference from other people or the government while exercising his right.
In deontological ethics an action is considered morally good because of some characteristic of the action itself not because the product of the action is good. 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 rather than based on the consequences of the action. In moral philosophy deontological ethics or deontology from greek. Deontological ethics there are two major ethics theories that attempt to specify and justify moral rules and principles. It is a rules based proposition and can be described as an obligation individuals are bound to certain duties because of the rules but the rules must follow a form of acceptable ethics in order to be followed. Consider first agent centered deontological theories.
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 rather than based on the consequences of the action.
Deontological ethical theory chapter 5 2. Deontology or deontological ethics is the branch of ethics in which people define what is morally right or wrong by the actions themselves rather than referring to the consequences of those actions or the character of the person who performs them. It is a concept which is based on a person s obligation or duty to treat others with respect. 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 rather than based on the consequences of the action. Deontological ethics in philosophy ethical theories that place special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. The deontological ethical theory is the idea that a person s ethical position will judge the morality of a decision or an action.