Discussion
Which of the following statements is not true of Act-deontological theory of Ethics ?
Answer: D
The statement not true of act-deontology is Act-deontology is a position that implicitly assumes hedonism.
Deontological theories hold that the rightness of an action does not depend on the good it produces, so they do not rest on hedonism or any theory of value. Act-deontology in particular, as William Frankena describes it, says that we must judge each particular situation directly, without relying on rules or on consequences.
The other three statements describe it correctly: particular judgements are basic and any rules are generalisations from them; the method is to get clear about the facts of the case and then judge; and no rule-of-thumb judgement can be made without taking stock of the concrete situation.
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