Definition of deontology Deontology

/diɑntɑˈlʌʤi/ - [deeantalujee] - de•on•tol•o•gy

We found 4 definitions of deontology from 4 different sources.

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What does deontology mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • deontology (n.)
    The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • deontology
    The ethical study of morals, 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. (source: Olson)

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • deontology
    dē-on-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of duty, ethics.—adj. Deontolog′ical.—n. Deontol′ogist

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