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deontological

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *deh₁-✻ — “to bind”
  2. learned borrowing from δέον — “that which is binding, needful, proper, or right”
  3. formed as deontological — “deontology + -ical”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to deontology.

    • 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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