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What does deontology mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deontology? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (ethics) ethics
  2. (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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Thus, just war theory attempts to provide a common sensical combination of both deontology and consequentialism as applied to the issue of war.
They are young and enthusiastic, but are without sufficient experience, in particular in the field of ethics and of journalistic deontology.
Traditionally, the field of normative ethics is discussed in terms of two broad categories of ethical orientation, deontology and teleology.
Professionalism involves a high level legal training of judges, as well as the development of a culture of independence, ethics and deontology.
Nonnatural realism, conventionalism, transcendentalism, and Divine command seem more hospitable metaethical homes for deontology.
It e.g. covers areas like professional deontology, corporate governance, insider training prevention, money laundering and fraud prevention.

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