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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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    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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    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 of an

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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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    Ethics of duty (ethics of principle, deontological ethics) From the Greek for “duty” (deontos), ethics based in duty and one that reasons from foundational principles which tell us what our duties are. Hence, actions are right and wrong for reasons other than their consequences. Deontological ethics or deontology is the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules. It is sometimes described as duty, obligatory or rule based ethics

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    Deontological Ethics in Location-based Social Media There are so many location aware applications on my “smart” phone; I do not know how I could have lived without these features. There are applications that tell me where is the closes gym that I am a member of. There are applications that give me information on the weather of the current city. There are even applications that will locate the closest “driver” to taxi me wherever I want to go. And of course, all these can be shared on facebook

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    daily basis for multiple people that results in taking over the counter medications. However, according to deontological ethics, it is unethical to take these pills because there is self-interest when it comes to ingesting the pills. Deontological ethics judge principles by examining the personality of actions and the will of causes rather than goals accomplished. Coarsely, a deontological theory looks at involvements rather than outcomes. One purpose for the alteration from disadvantages to responsibilities

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    “deon” that means duty. Deontology ethics is the views of moral that make decisions. It is the ethics that focuses whether actions are right or wrong themselves, but not the right or wrong of the consequences of those actions. An example of deontology is the action of killing someone, even if it was in self-defense, is wrong by moral standard. Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher and defines deontological principles. He made a moral system for deontological actions so they can be considered

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    Kant, a central figure in the world of philosophy and ethics, “argued that morality must ultimately be grounded in the concept of duty, or obligations that humans have to one another, and never in the consequences of human actions” (Tavani, 47). This argument from Kant serves as the foundation for deontological ethics, which believes that morality comes in the form of duties; that humans have the moral duty to do right things and the moral duty to not do bad things. Looking at Frank & Robot, with

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    Scenario 3 – Military Action Deontological Ethics With Deontological Ethics, good actions justify whatever happens without the thought of consequences. This mind set will push my decision into not saving the villagers because I was given orders to return to the base. In this situation, I would follow orders and return to base without the thought of breaking rules. I was given the command to return to base for a reason, maybe the commander has a plan at the base to stop the enemy before they strike

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