Sentence examples for deontological interpretation from inspiring English sources

Operating schools for Roman Catholics only or paying for the school tuition only of children who attend Roman Catholic schools would be clear cases of violation of the deontological interpretation.

Besides, outside of a narrow deontological interpretation of our ethical commitments, the whole notion of responsibility can be viewed not as something that is imputed to us (as it is for accountability), but rather as something that we actively take (Adam and Groves 2011).

Call this position the deontological requirement interpretation of equality of opportunity.

Threshold deontology (of either stripe) is an attempt to save deontological morality from the charge of fanaticism.

See also deontological ethics.

Modern ethics, especially since the 18th-century German deontological philosophy of Immanuel Kant, has been deeply divided between a form of teleological ethics (utilitarianism) and deontological theories.

(My interpretation).

The scandals at Enron, WorldCom and ImClone did not occur because executives were not conversant with the difference between teleological and deontological approaches to resolving ethical questions.

I think the consequential justifications can override the deontological ones, but only if the gains in human freedom are large and the human costs are low.

Meanwhile, the deontological perspective asserts that certain actions – like killing an innocent person – are just wrong, even if they have good consequences.

A deontological approach, meanwhile, also takes into account aspects of the action itself, like whether it adheres to certain rules.