Ethical thinking framework: The Act
Deontology is an approach to ethics in which the rightness or wrongness of an act is judged by its conformity to duties, rules and obligations. Therefore an individual should act according to what they believe is morally right regardless of the consequences. When you hear phrases such as 'duty for duty's sake', this is a deontological approach. This page explores its origin with Immanuel Kant, its strengths and...