Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. Do the right thing. Do it because it's the right thing to do. Don't do wrong things.

In contrast, religious individuals may rely more on deontological ethics, where morality is based on adherence to rules and ...

Ethics are a system of moral principles and a branch of philosophy which defines what is good for individuals and society. At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles. They affect how ...

Professor Huemer has written on such topics as philosophical skepticism, the problem of induction, ethical intuitionism, free will, and deontological ethics, among others. For more information, see ...

Ethical Decision Making resources provide an introduction to basic ideas in applied ethics, such as utilitarianism, rights, justice, virtue, and the common good. We also look at foundational questions ...

Aa Aa Aa Environmental Ethics is that sub-field of philosophy ... From what is called a "deontological" perspective, conseqentialism permits too much: it would be wrong to torture the child ...

Claude 3.5: “The trolley problem debate pitted utilitarian ethics, which argued for diverting the trolley to save more lives, against deontological ethics, which opposed actively causing harm to ...

The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy researches and influences policy on today’s most pressing ethical issues. We are one of the biggest and fastest growing ethics centers in the country, ...

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In this crisply written book, Hanno Sauer offers the first book-length treatment of debunking arguments in ethics, developing an empirically informed and philosophically sophisticated account of ...

UAB is known for medical and health-related studies, and the philosophy department has a tradition in teaching bioethics, and publishing important ethics textbooks. For philosophy majors, the ...