单词 | deontology |
释义 | deontologyn. The science of duty; that branch of knowledge which deals with moral obligations; ethics. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > deontology deontology1826 deonticsa1866 1826 J. Bentham in West. Rev. VI. 448 Ethics has received the more expressive name of Deontology. a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. ii. 28 Deontology or Private Ethics, may be considered the science by which happiness is created out of motives extra-legislatorial. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) vii. 214 A system which may be called one of deontology, or that which ought to be, and to be done. 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Medical deontology, the duties and rights of medical practitioners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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