Deontologists like Immanuel Kant believe in the existence of the universal good and bad and in the fact that the outcomes do not justify the means. Utilitarians, on the other hand, believe that the good depends on the outcome, prioritizing the consequential benefit of the majority.
Briefly explain the difference between how deontologists like Immanuel Kant (from whom this moral theory is derived) understand the good versus how utilitarians understand it.
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