Deontology, on the other hand, assumes that the morality of an act is defined by man’s political laws. As an example, some people justify abortion because it is politically legal.

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As AI gets integrated into our lives, Thiara de Alwis has been thinking about which moral code AI follows, and who gets to ...

Imagine this, You're happily eating your favorite ice cream when suddenly you feel a sharp stinging pain in your tooth.

Oversimplification of ethical theories In The Good Place, ethical theories are frequently simplified to make them comedic. Complicated concepts like utilitarianism and deontology are distilled to ...

In medicine, respect for the autonomy of patients is an important goal of deontology, though it can conflict with a competing ethical principle, namely beneficence.