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Deontological

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to deontology.

    "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.'"

Etymology

From deontology + -ical (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930).

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