different between ethic vs deontological

English

Alternative forms

• ethick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ????? (?thik?), from ?????? (?thikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ???? (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k/

Adjective

ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic)

1. Moral, relating to morals.

Noun

ethic (plural ethics)

1. A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

   I think the golden rule is a great ethic.

2. The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

See also

• ethic dative

Further reading

• ethic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ethic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Citeh, etchi, theic

English

Etymology

From deontology +? -ical (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930).

Adjective

deontological (comparative more deontological, superlative most deontological)

1. (ethics, philosophy) Of or relating to deontology.
   • 1930, C. D. Broad, Five Types of Ethical Theory, 206f.

     Deontological theories hold that there are ethical propositions of the form: 'Such and such a kind of action would always be right (or wrong) in such and such circumstances, no matter what its consequences might be.'

   Antonym: non-deontological

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