deontology

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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• General-American: /diˌɑnˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
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• rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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• CMU ARPABET: D IY0 AA0 N T AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek δεῖ (deî) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English deontology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέον (déon, “that which is binding, needful, proper, or right”) + English -ology (variant of -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning or a study of a particular subject)). Δέον (Déon) is the neuter present participle of δεῖ (deî, “it behoves one to, it is necessary to, one must”), from δέω (déō, “to bind, tie; to fasten; to fetter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh1- (“to bind”). Sense 1 (“synonym of ethics”) was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) to refer to censorial or dicastic ethics (ethics based on judgment), while sense 1.1 (“normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules”) derives from the use of the word deontological by the English philosopher Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887–1971) in his book Five Types of Ethical Theory (1930).

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: դեոնտոլոգիա (deontologia) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Azerbaijani: deontologiya — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Bashkir: деонтология (deontologiya) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Catalan: deontologia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Chinese Mandarin: 本務論 /本务论 (běnwùlùn) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Chinese Mandarin: 道義論 /道义论 (dàoyìlùn) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Chinese Mandarin: 義務論 /义务论 (yìwùlùn) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Czech: deontologie — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Dutch: deontologie — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Esperanto: deontologio — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: deontologia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: deontologinen etiikka — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: sääntöetiikka — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: velvollisuusetiikka — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: velvollisuusoppi — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• French: déontologie — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Galician: deontoloxía — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Greek: δεοντολογία (deontología) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Hungarian: deontológia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Hungarian: kötelességetika — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Hungarian: kötelességtan — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Icelandic: skyldufræði — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Indonesian: tata susila — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Irish: dualeolaíocht — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Italian: deontologia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Kazakh: деонтология (deontologiä) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Kazakh: парызтану (paryztanu) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Khmer: ករណីយកិច្ចវិទ្យា (kɑɑnəyykeccɑɑvityiə) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Kyrgyz: деонтология (deontologiya) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Lithuanian: deontologija — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Malay: deontologi — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Malay: tata susila — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Persian: اخلاق وظیفهگرا — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Polish: deontologia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Russian: деонтология (deontologija) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Serbo-Croatian: деонтологија — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Serbo-Croatian: deontologija — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Slovak: deontológia — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Spanish: deontología — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Swedish: deontologi — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Turkish: deontoloji — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Ukrainian: деонтологія (deontolohija) — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Vietnamese: đạo nghĩa học — synonym of ethics — see also ethics
• Finnish: deontologia — normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules
• French: déontologisme — normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules
• German: Deontologie — normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules