deontological

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From deontology +‎ -ical (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930).

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deontological (comparative more deontological, superlative most deontological)

  1. (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.'

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