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    Deontological Morality

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    The hypothesis of deontological morals is that choices ought to be made totally by thinking of one as' obligations and the privileges of other individuals. As indicated by Kant (2013) an activity's ethical worth is not contained in any impact anticipated from it but rather comprises

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    Introduction This essay will include the background and development of deontological and teleological ethics. Also, it will compare and contrast the absolute and relative ethics. Finally, it will contain the ethical issues which can affect the operational activities of the business. In order to support the points, it will also include the real life examples. AC 1.1 - Background and development of ethical approaches Teleological ethic - this describes an ethical theory which judges the rightness

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    The implication of Kant’s Deontological Ethics is that a human being should not make a promise if they don’t intend on keeping it. As well as, a human being should not lie or break a promise for the sake of achieving or escaping from something because in the end they will suffer more rather than benefit from it. Kant says that if a human being wants to make a false promise, then they should ask themselves this, “Is there going to be any consequences from this lie?” If not, then it can be an advantage

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    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

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    Deontological Ethics and Immanuel Kant Kant’s theory of ethics was named deontological theory by Jeremy Bentham. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher in 18th century. Kant is a father of the modern philosophy. He believed that all philosophers should address two main questions. First one is “What can I know?” Second is, “What should I do?” Personal autonomy what restricted by Moral Law is a base of Kant’s ethical theory. Kant was influenced by the Stoics and as a result his theory focused on

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    how someone approaches the idea of environmental ethics and where they decide to take a stance on the idea. To truly understand the significance of environmental ethics it is practical to explore the deontological and consequentialist views of moral reasoning for this topic. Both the deontological and consequentialist positions contradict one another by placing emphasis on the rules and consequences of a particular situation, respectively. According to Markham, a deontologist is defined as being

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    The major difference between these two theories is that, deontological theories focus on the specific actions or behaviours of an individual, while teleological theories focus on the consequences of those actions or behaviours (Hunt & Vitell, 1986). Both of these two streams have several sub-streams, however, the

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    Kant Deontological Theory

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    Student Name: Veronica Ryan Student No: 20120035 Assignment: Kant Lecturer: Prof: Wamsley Due Date: 23 August 2013 ____________________________________________________________________ Emmanuel Kant was an influential German Philosopher. He was born in Konigsberg in Prussia to Protestant parents he lived from 1724 to 1804. Kant observed the world around him and observed that that every culture religion and society has moral law whether they are obeyed or not. The Formula of Universal Law-

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    Deontological Ethics Deontological Ethics are based on normative ethics position that judges the morality of an action that in line with rules. In other words, deontology falls within the nomenclature of moral theories that guide and assess our choices of what we ought to do (deontic theories), in contrast to (aretaic [virtue] theories) that—fundamentally, at least—guide and assess what kind of person (in terms of character traits) we are and should be. In contemporary moral philosophy, deontology

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    to lie, even if a murderer is asking for the location of a potential victim.”. This argument by Immanuel Kant is known as the deontological approach to morality. Through this article I will dive deeper into what the deontological approach to morality is and then determine whether it is actually okay to lie to your children about Santa and the Easter bunny. Deontological morality is based on the idea that your choices in day to day life are either right or wrong, not based on the outcome of the

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