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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)
- (ethics, philosophy) Of or relating to deontology.
- Antonym: non-deontological
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.'
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Translations
of or relating to deontology