deontological
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From deontology + -ical (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930).
Adjective
[edit]deontological (comparative more deontological, superlative most deontological)
- (ethics, philosophy) Of or relating to deontology.
- Antonym: non-deontological
- 1930, C. D. Broad, Five Types of Ethical Theory, 206f:
- Deontological theories hold that there are ethical propositions of the form: 'Such and such a kind of action would always be right (or wrong) in such and such circumstances, no matter what its consequences might be.'
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to deontology
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