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What does deontological mean?

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Adjective
  1. (ethics) Of or relating to deontology.
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Classic utilitarianism is consequentialist as opposed to deontological because of what it denies.
Paul Taylor's version of this view, which we might call biocentrism, is a deontological example.
This should be followed by imparting ethical theories such as utilitarianism, virtue ethics and other aspects of deontological ethics.
It proposes to study the issue from three aspects: ethical, deontological, and legal.
A deficiency of virtue ethics theory is that, unlike the deontological and utilitarian theories, it does not provide principles for ethical decision making.
As with many hybrid views, the deontological and consequentialist components tend to pull apart, with each threatening to subordinate the other.

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