Deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek δέον‚ deon‚ "obligation‚ duty"; and -λογία‚ -logia) is an approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule or rules. Deontologists look at rules[1] and duties. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or "rule" - based ethics‚ because rules "bind you to your duty".[2] The term "deontological" was first used in this way in 1930‚ in C. D. Broad’s book‚ Five Types of Ethical Theory.[3] Deontological
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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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Kant’s Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher (1724-1804)‚ who had contributed on the arenas of philosophy‚ war‚ peace‚ science‚ beauty & geography. The word deontology is derived from the Greek word “Deon”‚ meaning duty and “tology” mean theory (Mackinnon & Fiala 2018). The base idea of Kant’s Deontological ethics is just to do our duty in any circumstances. Thus‚ a moral agent should act for the sake of good and motivated by obligation or duty‚ not for an ulterior motive. In
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International ETH 301 – Business Ethics Summer 2013 Module 2 – Case Assignment Informational Privacy August 5‚ 2013 Justin Ellsworth was a Marine that gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Many service men and woman would agree that the fight continues even after death. For the deceased the fight may be over and they could finally rest in peace‚ but what is left behind when a death is so sudden and not expected. Justin Ellsworth left many wondering what might have
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deontological vs. utilitarian ethics Kant believed that morality is dependent upon reason‚ that to act rationally was the same as acting morally. He placed a high value upon duty in determining the moral worth of an action. Kant’s deontological ethics is essentially an ethics of duty or obligation. As such‚ he claims that the moral worth of an action depends solely on whether or not it was done exclusively from a sense of duty. If an act is done simply because one is so inclined‚ the act has no
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Deontological Theory of Ethics Introduction When ethics is explored‚ and an inquiry into its origin and sources are explored to find definition and clarity around ethics‚ one initial discovery will be that two main views on ethical behavior emerge. One of those theories is the deontological theory of ethics. Ethics and ethical decisions surround themselves around what is the goodness or badness of any particular choice or decision. When exploring ethics‚ it is necessary to explore what
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DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS. No single idea captures all of the features in virtue of which an ethical theory may deserve to be called a deontology. In one sense‚ a deontology is simply theory of our duties‚ something most ethical theories have. But philosophers mean to convey more by calling a theory deontological. Roughly‚ a deontological theory denies in some way that the good or what is of value‚ always takes priority over the right or duty. What this denial comes to‚ however‚ depends on whether it
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Ethics is the study of moral philosophy‚ namely understanding which actions would be considered righteous or wicked. The secular interpretation of ethics explains that every person has a conscience that grimaces at evil and warns the wicked to repent. However‚ secular ethics has differing explanations as to why humans have this innate ability to know what behaviors ought to be avoided or encouraged. The scientific explanation posits that man’s conscience came from instincts that evolved due to biological
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Course: Business Law. (BUS205) Assignment Title: Introduction to Law and Contracts Assignment #: Module One Case Should Yahoo have been forced to turn over Justin Ellsworth’s email to his parents? One in our shoes would venture to say “No”. Yahoo took a very firm stand backing its privacy acts that all account holders are entitled to as email address holders by saying nothing but “No”. I‚ in my opinion will say that Yahoo acted with legal responsibility in backing
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making decisions. The criminal justice ethics tutorial examines the ethical dilemmas detectives may face where the right choices can be difficult because of the costs involved. And after reviewing the tutorial on criminal justice ethics‚ the detective’s failure to comply with department policies and rules was the determining factor in deciding to report the incident to my supervisor. To help justify by decision‚ I viewed the situation from a deontological perspective. Deontologists argue that
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