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Deontological approaches

Deontological approaches

Deontological, or rules-based, ethical approaches are another prism through which ethical action may be viewed.32,33 Kantโ€™s categorical imperative aims to simplify and codify ethical action, by stating that one should never act except in such a way that they would wish the maxim driving their actions to become universal. His approach has also been outlined as the unacceptability of treating others as a means alone. This obligationoriented approach is fundamentally different from the utilitarian approach, where the outcomes of the action govern its ethical legitimacy; for the Kantian, the motives of the action decide on its ethical grounding.

Another deontological approach is the divine command theoryโ€”the idea that while adherence to rules and obligations indeed determine the rightness of an action, the source of such obligations is not a rational actorโ€™s decision, but divine law. Thus religiously rooted ethical frameworks represent a form of deontological ethics; the rightness and morality of an action are determined by whether it was ordered by God.