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This 4 page paper examines the similarities and differences of teleological and deontological ethical theories. Bibliography lists
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do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness or specific virtues" (Velasquez et al, 1987). Ethics encompasses numerous theories ways of thinking and this paper considers two
of them: deontological and teleological ethics. Discussion All theories of ethics can be divided into deontological or teleological categories, depending on "what they consider the source of ethical value to
be" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). Deontological theories are "motivational" in nature and teleological theories are "consequentialist" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). A consequentialist or teleological theory "claims that what
makes an action right or wrong are the consequences of the action" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). In this case, a "right action has good consequences, a wrong action has
bad consequences" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). A deontological theory is the opposite of a teleological theory: it states that "it is not the consequences but the motivation which
prompts the agent to do an action which makes an action right or wrong" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). In this type of thinking, an action will always be a
right action, no matter if the consequences are poor, if the motives behind the action were good. The corollary of course is that even if the consequences of an action
are good, if the motives behind the action were wrong, it will still be wrong (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). There is a further breakdown in these theories; in
the West, consequentialist (teleological) theories have "generally also been eudaemonistic ethical theories" (Some fundamental concepts in ethics). These theories help to explain what makes actions right or wrong, and consequences
good or bad; without these definitions there seems little way to explore these concepts further. A "A eudaemonistic consequentialist ethical theory holds that what makes a consequence good, and hence
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