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deontology

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Another approach, deontology, takes into consideration universal and generalized moral principles, independent of the consequences of possible actions.
The criterion that inspires the deontology of the judge is his love for the truth.
If one uses the familiar distinction between deontology (where certain acts are absolutely forbidden) and consequentialism to categorize Jewish Orthodoxy, one would have to say that Orthodox ethics is closer to the latter.
 
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