DEONTOLOGY

“DUTY” ETHICSIMMANUEL KANT1724-1804

Moral Laws

• Universally Binding• Arise From The Common Nature

Shared By All Humans– Structures Of Thought

• Subjective Dimension

Moral Worth

• From The Good Will• Act According To Reason• Act Out Of A Sense Of Duty• Act Out Of Respect For The Moral

Law

Imperatives

• Categorical– Universal– Sense Of Duty– Respect For Moral Law– Maxim Becomes A Universal Law– Formulate The Moral Law

• Hypothetical– Conditional

Factors Not Giving Moral Worth To Actions

• Consequences• Inclinations• External Law Or Lawgivers

• Too Variable To Provide A Basis For Universal Law

Autonomy

• Governing Oneself• Generation Of Moral Law

– Moral Legislator

• Obedience To Moral Law• Contrast With Heteronomy

– Governed By Factors External To Self

Major Principle

• Respect For Persons• One Must Act So As To Treat Every

Person As An End And Never As A Means Only

• Universalize A Maxim

Deontology And Professionalism• Respect For Persons A S

Autonomous --- Moral Legislators• Act Out Of Sense Of Duty

– The Right Thing To Do

• Self As Moral Legislator For All Professionals

• Avoid Acting Out Of Inclination Or Blind Obedience