Deontology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6609986
AutoresPiers Rawlings, Piers Rawling (0000-0002-0522-1721, Florida State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Fecha de publicación2023-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaDeontology (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781108581196
OpenAlexW4316020913
Open LibraryOL46464872M
ISBN9781108581196
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDYziFzwEACAAJ
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas40

Deontology is a theory about how we should act, morally speaking. It comes in several varieties, but all share certain doctrines, many of which are close to those found in the so-called 'common-sense morality' of the Western world. And all varieties are united in their opposition to consequentialism, a theory that, in its simplest form, tells us that we should always act so as to maximize impersonal value by bringing about the best consequences. This Element presents some of the different versions of deontology, including the views of W. D. Ross, and, to a lesser extent, Immanuel Kant. It defends certain deontological tenets, while challenging others, and contrasts them with consequentialism. Deontology and consequentialism are two of the main contenders in ethical theory, but virtue ethics is another, and it too is addressed (briefly), with an attempt to see it, in its most plausible form, as part of deontology

Consequentialism · Deontological ethics · Epistemology · Ethical theory · Morality · Normative ethics · Political science · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy