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Deontology
A topic within Ethics & Moral Philosophy, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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- BookGroundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant, 1785
Grounds morality in what any rational agent must will universally, and rules out treating a person merely as a means.