The term "deontology" is derived from the Greek word deon, meaning "what is required; duty; obligatory." Emmanuel Kant emphasised this approach. He stressed duty as respect for the law. Keeping the law or universal rules is important for Kant. The question asked is, "What is right?" Example: "We ought always to tell the truth." In deontological ethics, an action cannot be right or wrong because of its good or bad consequences. It is a rule-oriented or a duty-oriented ethic. Kant, in his deontological ethics, points out that there are no exceptional rules but to follow the rules without any conditions. No one can argue beyond this deontological ethical argument. All the religious laws and state laws are to be obeyed. It is imperative that it be obeyed.
The word deacons have come from the Greek word diakonos. It has several meanings like service, minister and caring for physical needs. It is translated as servant and minister sometime in the bible.so the deacons are non-other than servant and minister. Deacons are the person who is appointed to take care the physical needs of the church. both man and woman are allowed to be the deacons in the local church. the letters of the Paul to Romans16:1 says the phoebe was the deacons. There are some qualifications in order to be deacons in the church according to the scriptures (1timothy2,3 and actes6. The person must the husband of one wife, deacon must not be an addict(v3) not greedy for money, blameless, and able to manage his family well. The responsibilities of deacons There are many responsibilities of the deacons in the local church. we can find this idea of the responsibilities in acts6. in acts 6, we can see there a number of disciples were multiplying. The apostles were bus...
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