Deontology

Word DEONTOLOGY
Character 10
Hyphenation de on tol o gy
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Definitions and meanings of "Deontology"

What do we mean by deontology?

Ethical theory concerned with duties and rights. noun

The science of duty; ethics. noun

The science which relates to duty or moral obligation. noun

The ethical study of 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. noun

Ethics.

The 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.

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The word "deontology" in example sentences

The term deontology is derived from the Greek deon which means binding duty. ❋ Amitai Etzioni (1988)

The word deontology derives from the Greek words for duty ❋ Alexander, Larry (2007)

Yet in some of his writings, Greene suggests that this weighs against deontological ethics, indicating that deontology is just a kind of rationalization of unreconstructed emotional prejudices, seeking (as Nietzsche said of Kant) “to prove, in a way that would dumbfound the common man, that the common man was right.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

What is the basis for the "ought" in deontology or the valuation of consequences in consequential ethics? ❋ Unknown (2006)

This solution to the paradox of deontology, which is consistent with the spirit of the patient-centered version, may seem attractive, but it comes at a high cost. ❋ Alexander, Larry (2007)

There is another school of thought withing ethics called deontology, which, says that virtue should be judged by intentions. ❋ Carinosa34 (2003)

One Waterboarding is a Tragedy; a Million is a Statistic | Julian Sanchez Civilian life affords us the luxury of a good deal of deontology — better to let ten guilty men go free, and so on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Civilian life affords us the luxury of a good deal of deontology — better to let ten guilty men go free, and so on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And one needn't be a raving deontologist to recognize that deontology isn't merely solipsistic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Journalists should strive to return to the deontology and ethics of the profession ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a matter of faith (deontology) vs. works (consequentialism). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The process of moral deliberation, without appeal to religion, reflects the approach of the greatest moral theories in the western tradition, whether Aristotle's virtue ethics, Kant's deontology, Mill's utilitarianism or contemporary Feminist ethics. ❋ Amarnath Amarasingam (2010)

Moreover, Friedman did not see fit to respond to the point Roderick Long makes, namely, that rule utilitarianism in theory is deontology in practice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For the record, whether my position is deontological or not depends on what you mean by deontology. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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