How these duties are defined, however, is often a point of contention and debate in deontological ethics.

Unlike consequentialism, deontological ethics primary concern is the action in its self.

In deontological ethics maxims are understood as a subjective principle of action.

Deontological ethics - approach that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules.

For more information on deontological ethics refer to the work of Immanuel Kant.

There are numerous formulations of deontological ethics.

Deontological ethics is also contrasted to pragmatic ethics.

In deontological ethics the intent of an act is the way in which a maxim is supposed to be executed.

From the standpoint of deontological ethics, the primary issues surrounding the morality of organ donation are semantical in nature.

The main ethical theories used by opponents and supporters in this controversy are consequentialism (utilitarianism) and deontological ethics.

Deontological ethics, sometimes referred to as duty ethics, places the emphasis on adhering to ethical principles or duties.

Anscombe argues that Consequentialist and Deontological ethics are only feasible as universal theories if the two schools ground themselves in divine law.

'Deontological Ethics'.

Deontological ethics: The deontological ethics assigns individuals and organizations certain obligations.

Medical associations act as a safeguard of the fundamental values of the medical profession: the deontological ethics and code of ethics.

It is a complex theoretical effort to reformulate the fundamental insights of Kantian deontological ethics in terms of the analysis of communicative structures.

"Deontological Ethics" and "Consequentalism," "Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy".

The deontological ethics of Immanuel Kant has been cast as rejecting divine command theory by several figures, among whom is ethicist R. M. Hare.

Virtue ethics focuses on the character of those who are acting, while both deontological ethics and consequentialism focus on the status of the action, rule, or disposition itself.

Another, unrelated critique of deontological ethics comes from Aretaic turn theories, which often maintain that neither consequences nor duties but "character" should be the focal point of ethical theory.

For a consequentialist, judging harmful actions as worse than inaction would indeed be inconsistent, but deontological ethics may, and normally does, draw a moral distinction between doing and allowing.

The origins of Deontological Ethics are generally attributed to the German philosopher Immanuel Kant and his ideas concerning the Categorical Imperative.

Virtue ethics can be contrasted to deontological ethics and consequentialist ethics by an examination of the other two (the three being together the most predominant contemporary normative ethical theories).

Servais Pinckaers regards deontological ethics as a danger to Christian morality; he believes that Christian morality is better complemented by the virtue ethics of Aristotle.

The son of the British utilitarian R. M. Hare, Hare has created an ethical theory which integrates Kantian deontological ethics with utilitarian consequentialism.