Deontology

An examination of the key features of these approaches to ethical decision making; the contributions of key scholars such as Kant, W D Ross, Aquinas, Hoose, Aristotle, and MacIntyre; an understanding of philosophical foundations of these theories, in terms of absolute, relative, teleological and deontological principles; an evaluation of the efficacy of these theories for ethical decision making, including consideration of their religious and cultural influences at the time of development and for the modern day. Students should be able to draw evaluative conclusions about their relative strengths and weaknesses.