Deontological ethics

Deontological ethics is a branch of moral Philosophy Index that focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves, rather than the outcomes of those actions. It’s an approach that emphasizes duty, rules, and obligations over the consequences of actions. Here are some key points about deontological ethics:

Duty-Based: Deontological ethics is concerned with what people ought to do, based on moral rules and duties.
Moral Absolutism: It often involves moral principles that are seen as absolute and universally applicable, such as “lying is always wrong.”
Immanuel Kant: The most famous deontologist, who proposed the Categorical Imperative, which is a set of rules for determining whether an action is morally right 1 2 3.
Nonconsequentialism: This theory is classified as nonconsequentialist, meaning that the morality of an action is not based on its consequences but on whether it complies with moral norms 4 5.