The
belief that a
moral code is uncompromisable no matter what the
circumstances.
The
counterpart to
Moral Deontism. The Moral Absolutist would be unprepared to commit a
minor immoral act in order to
prevent the committing of a
greater act of immorality on someone else's part. The
classic example is that the Moral Absolutist would be unprepared to
kill one man to prevent the
death of many others. This was a common
debate during
World War II, when it was commonly held that the
assassination of
Adolf Hitler could have led to the saving of many
innocent lives, however to have done so would have been an
act of Moral Deontism and
incompatible with an Absolutist
stance.