Deontological

distribution of the benefits and burdens of business activity might involve; and about what constitutes a virtuous business or a virtuous business person (Fryer, 2015). Most importantly there two types of ethical approaches in a business that are Deontological (Non-consequentialist) and Teleological (consequentialist). (Fernando, 2010) Teleological

Immanuel Kant is the founder of deontological ethics. The term deontology comes from the Greek word, “deon”, meaning duty. The theory states that people are morally obligated to act within a certain set of rules or principles, regardless of whatever outcome. An action is considered to be morally permissible not because of the product of the action, but because of the characteristics of the action itself. In relation to abortion, would Kant feel as if it is morally wrong or morally permissible?

will and not kill anyone in the hope that the good will would prevail in the captain and his men. Deontologists would be of the opinion that something’s we are not expected to do, to perceive ourselves as moral agents. However opponents of the deontological view, such as Nancy Davies (1993), would argue that this is just “keeping ones hands clean”. Davies goes on to argue that, “Deontologists … not only assign more weight to our own avoidance of wrongdoing—where wrongdoing is understood as violating

ethics of deontology places special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. Under this form of ethical behaviour, one cannot justify the morality of an action by showing that the result or consequence was good. Deontological ethics makes it imperative that a person fulfil’s his or her duty to act accordingly, despite a bed result. The two deontology based principles, the ‘Hypothetical Imperative’ and the ‘Categorical Imperative’, are described by deontology’s most

The deontological theory claim that certain actions are naturally right or wrong, good or bad, and without regard for its consequences. The theory was derived from philosopher Immanuel Kant in 18th century. The theory states that social workers should always obey the law regardless of the consequences that would follow. It states that the law is the law. Deontologist state that rules, rights, and the laws are commonly guarded and sacred. The theory states that the end does not automatically justify

these duties; do not use others or let yourself be used. For Kant the categorical imperative is represented as “an action as objectively necessary of itself, without reference to another end.”(Kant 353). Kant’s ethical point of view is known as deontological ethics. The term maxim as Kant uses it is defined as a personal policy that motivates one’s action. In his book called the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, he mentions

Kant’s ethics differs from utilitarian ethics both in its scope and in the precision with which it guides action. In The Categorical Imperative, Kant emphasizes that human autonomy is the essence of morality. He says that one must act not only in accordance to duty, but for the sake of duty However, According to the Utilitarianism, Mill emphasizes that the actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness. Although the theories of Kant and Mill seem conflicting, they are also similar

An Examination of Different Ethical Perspectives Ethics can generally be understood as the branch of reasoning and knowledge concerned with developing rules for proper conduct. As is clear from even the most cursory examination of any ethical dilemma, there are never completely-agreed upon ethical solutions or principles. Going still further, there are actually no agreed-upon methods for determining what ethical goals or principles should exist. That is, not only are different things seen as

years, philosophers have been working on medical ethics and have come up with many different ethical theories. As stated by English, Sommerville and Brannan (2012), some of these theories are namely; consequentialist ethics, communitarian ethics, deontological ethics, the ‘four principles to approach’ to ethics, narrative ethics and virtue ethics. These principles are concisely explained below. Consequentialist ethics Consequentialism focuses on the actions of an individual and states that the right

to do rather than what is the good thing to do. The term deontological derives from the Ancient Greek word for ‘duty’ which neatly encapsulates this approach. Thus, theories of this type seek to justify our duty to behave in some ways, not behave in other ways. This is in direct contrast with teleological theories. In the latter whether we are violent or not would be judged right or wrong depending on the consequences. But in deontological theories the violence would be considered in isolation: is