<P> Immanuel Kant's theory of ethics is considered deontological for several different reasons . First, Kant argues that to act in the morally right way, people must act from duty (deon). Second, Kant argued that it was not the consequences of actions that make them right or wrong but the motives (maxime) of the person who carries out the action . Kant's argument that to act in the morally right way, one must act from duty, begins with an argument that the highest good must be both good in itself, and good without qualification . Something is' good in itself' when it is intrinsically good, and' good without qualification' when the addition of that thing never makes a situation ethically worse . Kant then argues that those things that are usually thought to be good, such as intelligence, perseverance and pleasure, fail to be either intrinsically good or good without qualification . Pleasure, for example, appears to not be good without qualification, because when people take pleasure in watching someone suffer, they make the situation ethically worse . He concludes that there is only one thing that is truly good: </P> <P> Nothing in the world--indeed nothing even beyond the world--can possibly be conceived which could be called good without qualification except a good will . </P> <P> Associated with the pragmatists, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and especially John Dewey, pragmatic ethics holds that moral correctness evolves similarly to scientific knowledge: socially over the course of many lifetimes . Thus, we should prioritize social reform over attempts to account for consequences, individual virtue or duty (although these may be worthwhile attempts, if social reform is provided for). </P> <P> Care ethics contrasts with more well - known ethical models, such as consequentialist theories (e.g. utilitarianism) and deontological theories (e.g., Kantian ethics) in that it seeks to incorporate traditionally feminized virtues and values that--proponents of care ethics contend--are absent in such traditional models of ethics . These values include the importance of empathetic relationships and compassion . </P>

Which greek word is not a part of the study of ethics