Population-level bioethics in comparison to deontology and utiliarianism
| Deontology (moral framework) | Utilitarianism (moral framework) | Population-level bioethics (guiding questions to moral dilemmas) | |
| Core concept | Duty to the individual | Maximising utility | Equity within the population |
| Right action | Respect the rights and needs of all persons in the populations | Maximise the greatest good for the greatest number | Determine the appropriate tradeoff between populations |
| Strengths | All persons are respected | A large amount of good is produced | Considers innate and acquired differences between groups & subgroups |
| Limitations | There is no consideration of the population | There are no resources provided for the ‘minority’ groups | It is difficult to determine how much of each resource to provide to each group |