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Name: Jude Vincent B. Macalos Course/Year and Section: BSEd- Social Studies 3-2
Subject: Ethics GE8

Lesson 14: Deontological Ethical Theory

Activity:
From the lesson Deontological Ethical Theory, is abortion permissible in this particular ethical
theory? Discuss your answer clearly. This is good for 20 points, observe correct grammar and write with
valuable substance.
Abortion is a controversial ethical topic that generates a wide range of responses from people of
diverse races, religions, and ethical perspectives. As a Christian, I do not think that aborting an innocent
child is a moral act, and neither do I believe that it is permissible under the Deontological Ethical Theory.
The deontological ethics viewpoint is based on a different notion of humanity's essence, or what we term
"human nature." The Kantian feature of "categorical imperative" has been presented in this lesson, but this
intellectual perspective is supplemented by a theological dimension, in our case from Christianity. Each
individual or human being, according to this perspective, is a form of divine creation. "In the image and
likeness of God," all persons are created. Life is a gift from God, and everyone should be grateful for it. The
right to life is founded on the premise that God is the only source of life, and that only divinity has moral
justification and the power to end all life. Every human being and every result of human conception has an
unconditional right to life. No person has the right or authority to end a form of human life. Abortion is a sin
under these circumstances because it goes against divine order, which is the natural order of the world.