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- Dictionarydeontology/ˌdiːɒnˈtɒlədʒi/
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- 1. the study of the nature of duty and obligation.
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In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. It is sometimes described as duty-, obligation-, or rule-based ethics. Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted to conseq... Wikipedia