... terms of the total amount of happiness caused, it becomes either moral or immoral, or right or wrong. For example, if there were a situation in which more happiness came from an abortion, then the abortion in this particular case would be justified. For instance, in the case of a teenage pregnancy, it may be argued that the happiness that the mother would obtain in the event of an abortion would outweigh that of the child's life. The absolute form of rule utilitarianism on the other hand, is a deontological approach to ethics, based on teleological principals, based on empirical results. In other words, general rules are derived from the principal of "the greatest happiness for the greatest number". In its strictest practical form, rule utilitarianism may be regarded as a purely deontological approach, regardless of the fact that it was founded on teleological principals, as no account of consequences is ...

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