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Deontological Argument Analysis

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In the scenario that is given about a male drunk driver who crashes and kills two people in the back seat of the car, while driving home thought it was safe. It is said that all his friends were drunker than he was and he thought it was the right thing to do. When he went on trial he defended himself by saying “I was only trying to help.” The main issue is whether your viewpoint is a deontological viewpoint or a teleological viewpoint and how these viewpoints would argue this situation. Many would argue that he is wrong and he deserves a consequence and others may argue something different. In a deontological viewpoint, many would argue that the action that is happening is coming from a good intention and it is duty-based. Since deontology is duty-based people who view this think what he did the right thing even if what he did produce more harm than doing good. Deontology follows values and what is morally correct. Someone who has …show more content…

I can agree with viewpoint because I feel like if you think you are doing a good thing than your intentions were coming from a good will. Another example of this could be if you are trying to help someone walk up the steps who is old and they fall, causing the end result to be bad, your actions are still good. I also disagree with this viewpoint because I do not think his action was a good intention or was moral because he killed two people. His mind was not in the right state of mind to make a good decision, I think if he was not drunk and killed two people I would view this differently. The deontological viewpoint would say that the male motivation good and do not care about the consequences. They care that the act was moral and you cannot control the consequences. They could argue that his actions were wrong, but they not see the outcome as

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