Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 173, No. 8 (August 2016), pp. 2049-2068 (20 pages) Is there a reason to prevent deontological ...

Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the ...

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool—a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the ...

Moral dilemmas can be portrayed as decisions between two main conflicting moral principles: utilitarian and deontological. Utilitarian philosophies hold that an action is morally acceptable if it ...

The fact that we ought to prefer what is comparatively more likely to be good, I argue, does, contrary to consequentialism, not rest on any evaluative facts. It is, in this sense, a deontological ...

Men, relative to women, show a stronger preference for utilitarian over deontological judgments, according to a new meta-analysis of 40 studies. This gender difference in moral decisions is caused by ...

Economic and political freedom helps us feed the hungry, heal the sick, and enrich the poor. In short, liberty has good consequences. And that's why you should be a libertarian. Don't get me ...

This Current Controversy article critically reviews the recent motion by delegates of the British Medical Association to ...

Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. Do the right thing. Do it because it's the right thing to do. Don't do wrong things.