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Students Zone / Questions / Chapter 22: Normative Ethics: Deontology

1. It seems there is sometimes a conflict between doing what is morally right and doing what is in one's own self-interest. Does it follow that morality is irrational?

2. Is there always a reason, other than sentiment, to keep a promise made to a dying man?

3. In moral matters is it valid to argue that since it would be bad for everyone to do X, it must be bad for anyone to do X?

4. Can you do wrong if you always act as your conscience directs?

5. Is it true that all our virtuous actions are driven by a concern for our own self-interest?

6. How can a self-interested action be a genuinely moral action?