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  • Essay / Utilitarianism, Rawls' Justice, Fairness and Deontology

    Kant is the philosopher who changed it because at first it meant that God can determine what is right and wrong, but Kant did not believe in God, c This is why he developed this theory. (James notes, 2015). In deontological ethics, an action is considered morally good because of certain characteristics of the action itself, not because the product of the action is good. Deontological ethics holds that at least some acts are morally obligatory, regardless of their consequences for human well-being. (Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Deontological Ethics). Kant argued that people should always do the right thing regardless of consequences, because they always know what is right and wrong and therefore make the right choice. However, Kant pointed out that it is not enough to believe that you are doing something correct because you are doing something correct. have intuition so you follow it. Duties and obligations should not be subjective. In deontological ethics, there is no room for subjective feelings, which is why we must be objective as much as possible. It seems that this philosophy is ambiguous because many problems in the world such as corruption, fraud, theft, etc. can be justified by this fact by saying that they have a reason to do a good deed, so it is very important to be