theories of ethics
type: Concept
narrower: deontological ethical systems

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: deontological ethical systems

deontological ethical systems
definition: Deontological ethical systems maintain that an action can be morally right (a duty or an obligation) even if an alternative action in a given situation would have better overall consequences. Theories of this type thus deny what consequentialist ethical systems affirm, namely, that morally right actions are all and only those that have optimal consequences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Deontological Ethical Systems]
broader: theories of ethics
type: Concept