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deontic, n. and a. Philos.|diːˈɒntɪk|
[f. Gr. δέον, δεοντ- (see deontology) + -ic.]
A. n.
1. pl. [After ethics, eudemonics, etc.] (See quots.)
a1866J. Grote Moral Ideals (1876) vii. 102 A science of duty (deontics or deontology). 1906J. S. Stuart-Glennie in Sociol Pap. II. 250 The second order of ethical sciences..form the contents of three classes of sciences—Economics, Deontics, and Juridics. 1929Mind XXXVIII. 275 Deontics.., meaning..that which, either perfectly or in a definite degree, is obligatory upon all.
2. sing. (See quot.)
1926Mind XXXV. 395 Ethical arguments..should be able to exhibit their ‘deontic’ in the same way as inference reveals its ‘logic’.
B. adj. Of or relating to duty, obligation, etc.
1951Mind LX. 1 (title) Deontic logic. 1955A. N. Prior Formal Logic 221 There are ‘laws of movement’ of deontic operators analogous to those of ordinary modal operators. |