deontology

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέον (“that which is binding, needful, right, proper”) + λόγος (argument).

Noun

deontology (uncountable)

1. (ethics) The ethical study of 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.

Coordinate terms

• utilitarianism

Derived terms

• deontological
• deontologist

Related terms

• deontic

Translations

Ethical study of duties, obligations, and rights

Croatian: deontologija (hr) f. Dutch: deontologie (nl) f.

Icelandic: skyldufræði (is) f. Khmer: ករណីយកិច្ចវិទ្យា (km) (ka’ra’nəy kəch vityie)

References

• deontology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deontology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• deontology at OneLook Dictionary Search