Confucian ethics is a form of deontology in which all obligations are role-based obligations related to one of four hierarchical relationships.

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Confucian ethics is more accurately described as a form of virtue ethics, focusing on the cultivation of virtues and moral character rather than strictly adhering to a set of duties or rules (deontology). It emphasizes the importance of relationships and the roles within them, but its core is the development of personal virtues.

Confucian Ethics Is a Form of Deontology in Which All