Definitions For Deontology

Noun

DEONTOLOGY (plural - or deontologies) (ethics) ethics, ethics. from c. 1826 (ethics) The normative ethics, normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions. from 1930

Coordinate terms

consequentialism utilitarianism

Derived terms

deontological deontologist

Related terms

deontic

Translations

Dutch: deontologie, f Finnish: deontologia, velvollisuusoppi French: déontologie Icelandic: skyldufræði, f Indonesian: tata susila Irish: dualeolaíocht, f Khmer: ករណីយកិច្ចវិទ្យា (ka’ra’nəy kəch vityie, sc=Khmr) Malay: deontologi, tata susila Serbo-Croatian: deontologija, f

Etymology

From (Ancient Greek)  δέον, , that which is binding, needful, right, proper + -logy. The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad