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Classic Deontology Research Paper

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Sometimes if not most of the times, people think there is only one way of life, or that there is one main way of doing stuff. This said philosophy shapes us and molds us as a person, and makes us better, or worse, and that philosophy is the ‘supposed’ philosophy we view life through, and always will. The thing is though, we all as a society have many philosophies that shape the life in which we live. Those philosophies shape us and make us who we are, they work together, and cooperate so we can understand the world better. Everybody has conflicting thoughts and ideas, and that’s because we have more than one philosophy in our life and they all exist in one person. There are good and bad philosophies that we have taken, even ones that are very …show more content…

Deontology also looks at this in a very black in white way. ou see, what a classic deontologist is, is someone who sees the actions brought upon something, are much more important than the consequences that can be brought upon after, whether they be good or bad, because they can always be dealt with later. We as people, always have a sense of duty, or obligation to see stuff done that we care about, whether it be a show we watch every week, a class we like, or finishing up a conversation with a friend you care about, we have the obligation to see it come done. As so, we also often see the good or bad in this light as well. The good must over-do the evil, and it must always be done, whether it be a crime, a person that is cheating on their wife or girlfriend, or even a person stealing a candy-bar, we always want to end that certain ‘evil’, no matter the consequences, because that can be dealt with later. You can say, that the right thing to do or wrong thing to do is the most important part. It’s based on rules, and we follow those rules. Stealing a loaf of bread is bad, even if you are doing it for your family, you are breaking the law, there are other ways to make money and receive goods. Deontology mainly always focuses on the morality of the person, and the actions that are taken forth, rather than the consequences that will be taken after, even if they are better than the action that is

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