UGC NET Management Previous Year Solved Papers MCQ - November 2017
Deontological ethics or deontology is an
approach to ethics that judges the morality
of an action based on the action’s adherence
to a rule or rules. Deontologists look at rules
and duties.
It is sometimes described as “duty” or “obligation” or “rule” based ethics, because rules “bind you to your duty”. The term “deontological” was first used in this way in 1930, in C.D. Broad’s book, Five Types of Ethical Theory.
Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted with consequentialist or teleological ethical theories, according to which the rightness of an action is determined by its consequences.
It is sometimes described as “duty” or “obligation” or “rule” based ethics, because rules “bind you to your duty”. The term “deontological” was first used in this way in 1930, in C.D. Broad’s book, Five Types of Ethical Theory.
Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted with consequentialist or teleological ethical theories, according to which the rightness of an action is determined by its consequences.
