What Is Deontology

question 72

Multiple Choice

What is deontology?

• A) A view in applied ethics that moral reasoning should be conducted solely in terms of virtues and vices.
• B) A metaethical view according to which there are no objective moral facts about what we ought to do.
• C) A normative theory according to which morality is primarily about fulfilling your obligations.
• D) A normative theory according to which we are obligated to do whatever will produce the best consequences overall.

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