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My Robot, My Frenemy

Activity 15

Deontology

What is deontology or deontological ethics?

Deontology focuses on duty, obligation, and right, define them.

How does a deontologist determine whether some thing is right?

What is right motive?

Is an action with right motive, but negative consequences moral?

Is an action with wrong motive, but positive consequences moral?

What if a man steals another persons dog? Is it moral?

What if the dog was abused, but the man didn’t know when he stole it?

What are hypothetical and categorical imperatives?

What are the different flavors of categorical imperative?

What is the universal imperative?

What is a maxim?

How is the universal imperative different that rule utilitarianism or the golden rule?

What is the formula of humanity (second categorical imperative)?

What are perfect duties and imperfect duties?

Are morals absolute or are they relative?

How is divine command theory differnt than deontology?

Who is a person in Kantianinm?

Are Asimov’s three laws consequentialist or non-consequentialist?