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ROSS'S RULE DEONTOLOGY 1. BASIC-PRINCIPLE DEONTOLOGY Logical Priority to Rules (e.g., Ross)
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Deontology and wrongdoing Deontologists think that moral action is essentially about following a set of rules that forbid or require certain actions. These rule specify actions that are known to be right or wrong in relation to the rule in question.
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An algorithm by means of which to establish, in a finite number of steps, whether a statement form is tautologous or whether an argument form is valid. A deontological normative theory holds that moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct.
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Orde van Vlaamse Balies. Afdrukken. E-Mail deze pagina. Rules of deontology Regulations on the rules of collegiality relating to legal proceedings...
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Deontology refers to a general category of ethical or moral theories that define right action in terms of duties and moral rules. Deontologists focus on the rightness of an act and not on what results from the act.
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It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach which emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that which emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism).
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It is the value of the consequences of the particular act that counts when determining whether the act is right "According to act-utilitarianism, it is the value of the consequences of the particular act that counts when determining whether the act One objection to act-utilitarianism is that it seems to be too permissive,
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