Everyone comes from a different culture and background, these are things that help us develop as individuals, along with many other things. We all have our own different perspectives, but for the most part as humans, we all strive to be as good as we can. We also strive to have happiness. Thus, happiness is what our whole lives consist of. For example, as children, we want certain toys to play with because they make us happy. We go to school and try to make good grades to make our parents happy, and to achieve a higher level of education. Having achieved the higher education we get the jobs that we love, that make us happy. In class we have discussed three different schools of philosophies. These schools talk about different ethical theories.
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Deontology is about specific actions and "presenting the greatest contrast to consequentialism, hold that some choices cannot be justified by their effects—that no matter how morally good their consequences, some choices are morally forbidden." (Alexander and Moore, 2016) In other words, deontologists believe that what is right is more important than the good no matter the consequences. A good example is one that we used in my philosophy class about hiding Ann Frank in the attic. If Ann Frank were to hide in the attic of a deontologists house when the Nazi soldiers came and asked if they were hiding Ann, the deontologist would have to tell the truth. Even though telling the truth will get Ann killed, it is morally wrong for deontologists to lie. I don’t agree with this kind of reasoning, because deontologist don’t weigh out their consequences. Consequently, this person is no better than the Nazi soldiers. They are now contributing to a killing, and if you had the chance to save a life wouldn’t you take it? Deontologist also say to act with the thought of your decision to be a universal law. Here is where deontology poses another conflict. Deontology contradicts itself. For example, you tell the truth because you can't lie but you let someone get killed, which is also breaking a moral rule. Last but not least deontologists also say that we can never be sure of the results from our decisions. I don’t know about you but in most situations, I can tell what my results or consequences will be. Now giving the outlook on deontology utilitarianism would choose a different
Deontology is about specific actions and "presenting the greatest contrast to consequentialism, hold that some choices cannot be justified by their effects—that no matter how morally good their consequences, some choices are morally forbidden." (Alexander and Moore, 2016) In other words, deontologists believe that what is right is more important than the good no matter the consequences. A good example is one that we used in my philosophy class about hiding Ann Frank in the attic. If Ann Frank were to hide in the attic of a deontologists house when the Nazi soldiers came and asked if they were hiding Ann, the deontologist would have to tell the truth. Even though telling the truth will get Ann killed, it is morally wrong for deontologists to lie. I don’t agree with this kind of reasoning, because deontologist don’t weigh out their consequences. Consequently, this person is no better than the Nazi soldiers. They are now contributing to a killing, and if you had the chance to save a life wouldn’t you take it? Deontologist also say to act with the thought of your decision to be a universal law. Here is where deontology poses another conflict. Deontology contradicts itself. For example, you tell the truth because you can't lie but you let someone get killed, which is also breaking a moral rule. Last but not least deontologists also say that we can never be sure of the results from our decisions. I don’t know about you but in most situations, I can tell what my results or consequences will be. Now giving the outlook on deontology utilitarianism would choose a different