Deontological

I would recommend reading a bit more on consequentialism especially hedonistic and utilitarianism, and their contrast with virtue ethics and deontological ethics as philosophical and legal ideas — see the following: Consequentialism, Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics, and Deontological.

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Slide 61: Kantianism  "Deontological" = prior to action  Decide if an act is right or wrong without looking at consequences  Motivated by reason alone  "Universal moral imperatives"  Reason tells us that something is always right … all can follow without contradiction

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Deontological advice is distinct in kind and effect from value judgments.

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Deontological advice is distinct in kind and effect from value judgments.

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Deontological ethics are generally identified with such philosophers as Immanuel Kant and John Rawls, and are usually concerned with establishing and justifying principles of justice.

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Deontological ethical theories, in contrast, maintain that whether an action is right or wrong is for the most part independent of whether its consequences are good or bad.

Environmental Ethics Brennan, Andrew 2008

Deontological moral theory is, in effect, the opposite of utilitarianism.

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Deontological morality, therefore, avoids the overly demanding and alienating aspects of consequentialism and accords more with conventional notions of our moral duties.

Deontological Ethics Alexander, Larry 2007

Deontological theory states that people have certain duties or moral obligations which are based upon some absolute authority; the authority might be religion, universal reason, natural rights, natural law, or some other entity altogether.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? The Controversial Peter Singer 2007

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il blog: Let's be less consequentialist. Decio Biavati 2006