In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the...

consequentialism and deontology, which make the goodness of outcomes of an action (consequentialism) and the concept of moral duty (deontology) central. While...

motivate people. Influential normative theories are consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. According to consequentialists, an act is right if...

Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') or finality is a branch of causality giving the reason...

In ethics and other branches of philosophy, suicide poses difficult questions, answered differently by various philosophers. The French Algerian essayist...

virtue jurisprudence is inspired by philosophical work on virtue ethics. Deontology is the "theory of duty or moral obligation". The philosopher Immanuel...

the conduct of a person then the first group of theories (ontology and deontology) looks at the principles themselves, the second group of theories (teleology...

Solon (Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. He is one of the Seven Sages of...

influenced by moral or political theories. The general normative theories of deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics are three general normative theories...

Consequentialism is usually contrasted with deontological ethics (or deontology): deontology, in which rules and moral duty are central, derives the rightness...