Benefits of the Teleological theory of morality
Title: Benefits of the Teleological theory of morality
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1197 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Benefits of the Teleological theory of morality
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1197 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The majority of the population, probably including yourself, claims they act "morally". Many of these people ask other people to act "morally", but when you ask these "moral" people what morality is they stand there for a minute, and almost every single person will give you the wrong answer. So what is morality? In brief, morality is a basic set of principles that people follow. A perfect example would be Osama Bin Laden, a man
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who are followers of deontology choices like that come up every day, they're trusting the other people follow the same set of moral standards, guess what, you wouldn't be there if that were the case. In Utilitarianism you will never find such a problem unless you come upon the problem that neither side benefits. In Deontology what you do can easily cause later contradictions of deontological principles, but in Teleology, that will never come along.