What is consequentialism and what is deontology?

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I’ve heard that another word for consequentialism is teleologicism.Utilitarianism is apparently an example of one.What is deontology though?
 
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I’ve heard that another word for consequentialism is teleologicism.Utilitarianism is apparently an example of one.What is deontology though?
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Deontology involves somethng that is right or wrong independent of consequences because a norm or rule says it is right or wrong.

Abortion might be a good example. one could argue about consequesces, outcomes, results, but the Church says it is an intrinsic evil regardless of any outcome.
 
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