deontological

deontological

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

deontological (comparative more deontological, superlative most deontological)

1. (ethics) Of or relating to deontology.
   • 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.'

Translations

of or relating to deontology

Dutch: deontologisch (nl) French: déontologique (fr) m or f

German: deontologisch (de)