Deontological ethics

• abstract: Deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek deon, "obligation, duty"; and -logia) is the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules."Ethics-virtue", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or "rule" -based ethics, because rules "bind you to your duty".

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