deontology

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Greek δέον (the necessary thing) + λόγος (argument).

[edit] Noun

deontology (uncountable)

1. (ethics) The ethical study of morals, duties, obligations, and rights, with an approach focusing on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves and not on the goodness or badness of the consequences of those actions.

[edit] Related terms

• deontological

[edit] Translations

Croatian: deontologija hr(hr) f.