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单词 deontology
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deontologyn.

Brit. /ˌdiːɒnˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /diˌɑnˈtɑlədʒi/
Etymology: < Greek δέον, δεοντ- that which is binding, duty (neuter of present participle of δεῖ it is binding, it behoves) + -λογια discourse.
The science of duty; that branch of knowledge which deals with moral obligations; ethics.
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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.
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