PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intellectual Disability, Deontological Ethics, Categorical Imperative
19 Apr 2016
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Deontology: the theory or study of moral obligation produce are taken to be relevant to what we ought to do (37) Thee areas of moral thought in which considerations other than the amount of good our actions would. Options: that point when we are no longer required to do good in which further actions are. Special obligations to those close to us. Constraints: a duty to avoid harming others (unless they are a threat or deserve punishment) supererogatory ( more than morality requires ; 37) According to the authors, for the consequentialists, good determines the right (38) Meaning: we look at the amount of good an act produces (or was expected to produce) to determine. Deontology (negative definition): the belief in duties of both special relationships and/or in constraints whether it was right. Deontology is agent-relative (but there are also agent-neutral considerations) Agent-relative and agent-neutral are two ways of classifying reasons for action.
