What Is Deontolog Libertarianism?

Examining them in Light of Issues Presented by GMOs GMO is the acronym given to the genetically modified organisms. The term genetically modified organism the term genetically modified organism refers to any living organism whose genome have been modified directly by modern gene editing techniques. The GMOs can be both animals and plants. The reason researchers and agricultural corporations came up with GMOs is to increase harvest and also to make more profit. The GMOs can prove to be a crucial scientific invention in the future when the global population will be much higher. There are many philosophical and ethical controversies around the use of GMOs that can be used to compare and contrast different ethical theories. Deontologicalism or non-consequentialism is the collective name given to ethical theories that are based on the concepts of existence predetermined ideas of right and wrong actions. From deontological perspective an action is good or bad based on whether the content of the action is preapproved by a superior authority or ideology. Therefore, the consequences of the action does not matter. Examples of …show more content…
The libertarians judges whether an action is good or bad solely by judging whether that action is going against another person’s liberty or not. Another important philosophy libertarians hold is that the government must not be too intrusive in the private life and activities of individuals and businesses. From a libertarian perspective if a business or a farmer decides to use GMOs that should be a completely good action. No government or private authorities should have the right to dictate whether somebody buys, sells or produces products using GMOs. Therefore the libertarian perspective about banning GMOs would be an act that diminishes liberty and is therefore a negative