Ethical Theories That We Have Taught Are Deontological...

The two Contrasting ethical theories that we have studied are Deontological ethics and Utilitarianism. Deontological: Deon means obligation or duty; Logia means speech Whereas, Utilitarianism: means the greatest happiness of the greatest number †¢ Deontological ethical, according to deontologists certain actions are right or wrong in themselves and so there are absolute ethical standards that must be supported. The problems with this position are concerned with how we know which acts are wrong and how we distinguish between a wrong act and an omission. Philosophers such as Nagel argue that there is a fundamental concept of right which makes our actions, while this might be dominated in certain circumstances. There may be an absolute†¦show more content†¦Kant believe that if an action had moral intentions, therefore it is morally relevant no matter what the consequences are. This theory states that consequences of an action does not matter and have no moral relevance, only intentions are morally applicable. Deontology also focuses on an individual’s duty to point an action, not an end as the sole purpose of that action. Kant’s standard by which it is judged morality of an action lies in the second formulation of the Categorical Imperative, treat others as ends, not as mere means to an end. This means that actions are not moral if you intend to use someone, without their knowledge, exclusively for a purpose if reaching a certain end. Kant believes that people have a duty to treat others as both means and an end in order for an action to be considered moral. Kant’s theory of Deontology looks seems to be divided on whether or not the actions are moral. Since Deontology places an importance on intentions that determine the morality of an action, this news article would not be considered completely immoral according to Kant. The article would have to be divided between two ethical actions, which are the oil spill and the attempts to cleaning to determine morality. It didn’t have no intentions for the perforation platform to explode and cause the oil well to eruption and once the consequences are irrelevant, the action would not be considered immoral. Also, It would not