Definitions For Deontological

Adjective

(ethics, philosophy) Of or relating to deontology. : {{ant, en, non-deontological}}

Derived terms

deontologically non-deontological

Translations

Catalan: deontològic Dutch: deontologisch French: déontologique Galician: deontolóxico German: deontologisch Greek: δεοντολογικός Italian: deontologico Portuguese: deontológico Spanish: deontológico Swedish: deontologisk

Etymology

From {{af, en, deontology, -ical}} (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930).