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| Deontology | Utilitarianism |
| Supreme principle of morality | Categorical imperative | Utilitarianism |
| Object of moral assessment | Actions or norms are judged to be right or wrong by itself or by their attributes | Actions are judged by their consequences → “the ends justify the means” |
| Assessment process | Generalisability of the action maxim | Cost-benefit analysis |
| Ethics | Deontological | Teleological |