Multiple Choice
Deontology is:
A) A metaethical theory according to which the rightness of an action depends ultimately on the consequences of accepting rules that obligate people to perform the action.
B) A normative theory according to which the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on whether the actor is violating his or her moral obligations.
C) A normative theory according to which each person is obligated to treat others as ends in themselves and never merely as means.
D) A metaethical theory according to which there are objective moral facts that determine what we ought to do.
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