deontology

English - Turkish

Definition of deontology in English Turkish dictionary: ödevbilim; deontoloji; ahlak bilgisi; (Tıp) Vazifeler bilgisi, ahlak ilmi; {i} ahlâk bilimi; {i} görev bilgisi; ödevbilgisi
deontological: deontolojik
deontological: ahlak bilimi ile ilgili

English - English

Definition of deontology in English English dictionary: 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; Focuses on rights of individuals; The science which relates to duty or moral obligation; {i} ethics, study of the obligation to do good deeds; The study of moral obligation; Ethical theory that duty is the basis of morality Do your duty regardless of the consequences; The ethical study of morals, duties and rights with an approach that focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves, that is not reducible to the goodness or badness of the consequences of those actions; an ethics based on acting according to duty or doing what is right, rather than on achieving virtue or on bringing about good consequences It is too crude to make sharp divisions or to deny a place for more than one approach to ethics Kant is the most important deontological theorist; is the application of established general rules or moral laws to a decision
deontologist: A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs a deontological approach to ethics
deontological: Of or relating to deontology
deontological: Pertaining to deontology
deontologist: One versed in deontology
deontologist: A follower of deontology

deontology

Hyphenation

de·on·to·lo·gy

[ "dE-"än-'tä-l&-j ] (noun.) 1826. From Ancient Greek δέον (“that which is binding, needful, right, proper”) + λόγος (argument).

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