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Etymology of deontological
- The term is from "deon," Greek for obligation. Therefore, "deontological"
refers to the theory or study of moral obligation. This is a kind
of purest view of ethics, somewhat independent of the realities of
life.
Deontological theories identify various duties and rights. Duties
and obligations have been classified under several categories including
- duties to God,
- duties to oneself, and
- duties to others which include
- duties to family,
- social duties, and
- political duties.
The basic rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
and are considered to be natural, universal, equal, and inalienable.
The focus of deontological theories is on moral duties or obligations
rather than on moral value or goodness. Intentions play a significant
role in determining whether an act is ethical. Anthony Aayb, Walla
Walla College
aabyan@wwc.edu
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The Ethics of Post-compulsory Education and Training in a Democracy
James Tarrant
Journal of Further and Higher Education
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Company, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 25, Number 3/October 1, 2001, Pages: 369 - 378
This paper critically examines the ethical justification of non-advanced PostCompulsory Education and Training institutions, hereafter known as PCET, in a democracy. It concludes that, in terms of the major ethical theories, justification in this context is currently conducted primarily in terms of utilitarianism. References to PCET, both by government and by the institutions themselves, are frequently given in utilitarian terms. The organisations which comprise PCET, from Private Training Organisations to Colleges of Further Education, are presented as being instrumental in preparing individuals for work or fulfilling student (vocational) needs. Despite the current emphasis on vocationalism in PCET, the paper finds in democracy an ethical imperative to encourage the development of conceptual schemes and value literacy amongst all citizens. It concludes that policy measures have, despite the weaknesses in utilitarianism, encouraged wholesale vocationalism in PCET to the extent of neglecting the emergence of the reflective citizen. PCET is a stage in the educational process in which a democratic government should continue, through the curriculum, to realise its moral obligation to support a further generation of choosers.
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Deontological Ethics
(Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Macmillan)
No single idea captures all of the features in virtue of which an ethical theory may deserve to be called a deontology. In one sense, a deontology is simply theory of our duties, something most ethical theories have. But philosophers mean to convey more by calling a theory deontological. Roughly, a deontological theory denies in some way that the good or what is of value, always takes priority over the right or duty. What this denial comes to, however, depends on whether it is meant in a normative or in a metaethical sense. Robert Neal Johnson
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'Touch: Sexual
Harrassment or Sacred Healing?'
HKBU Religion and Philosophy Society Academic Week (October
1998), pp.14-23. by Stephen Palmquist (stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk)
Touch, the primary function of the skin, is the foundation of all
our bodily senses. This suggestion may sound odd, so accustomed are
we to thinking of sight as the primary sense. Yet deeper reflection
reveals this to be a mistake. True as it may be that we speak of blind
people as "seeing with their fingers", we could hardly justify such
metaphorical language as grounded in fact. With touch, by contrast,
the reverse is true: sight and the other three senses can be regarded,
quite literally, as forms of touch. Sight cannot take place until
light waves[3]
touch the retina of an eye; hearing begins when sound waves
touch the ear drum; taste and smell likewise require the
sensing organs (the tongue and olfactory glands) to have direct contact
with-to touch-the sensed object or the particles it emits (i.e., its
aroma). The only reason we don't typically regard these as forms of
touch is that the other four senses each involve sensing organs that
are located just slightly within the body. That is, "touch"
normally refers to contact between the external world and our skin,
whereas sight, hearing, smell and taste are all events that involve
the external world penetrating beneath the skin and touching internal
parts of our body.
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Deontology and It's Discontents: A Brief Overview of Kant's Ethics
Michael S. Russo, Department of Philosophy - Molloy College
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...The deontologist, like the utilitarian is looking for an objective basis to ground all moral actions. Unlike a utilitarian, though, a deontologist would completely reject the idea that the goodness or badness of an act can be determined by its consequences. For the deontologist there must be something intrinsic to the act itself that determines its moral status. |
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