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deontological

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de·on·tol·o·gy  (dn-tl-j)
n.
Ethical theory concerned with duties and rights.
[Greek deon, deont-, obligation, necessity (from neuter present participle of dein, to need, lack; see deu-1 in Indo-European roots) + -logy.]
de·onto·logi·cal (-t-lj-kl) adj.
deon·tolo·gist n.
deontological [dɪˌɒntəˈlɒdʒɪkəl]
adj
(Philosophy / Logic) Philosophy (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good


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By contrast, Cardinal John O'Connor succinctly formulated the deontological stance of the Catholic Church as follows: "Is cloning human beings morally permissible?
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The first is deontological and is grounded in the principle of egalitarianism or equal opportunity (Monroe, 1972; President's Commission on Higher Education, 1947b).
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It has acquired its present-day connotations largely since the time of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) as a result of the philosophical traditions, of deontological and utilitarian ethics respectively, that they brilliantly pioneered.
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