Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One versed in deontology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in deontology.
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- noun ethics A
philosopher or other thinker whoadvocates or employs adeontological approach to ethics.
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Examples
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Being a deontologist does not protect you from criticism.
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Thus a deontologist might think that adultery and racist discrimination are gravely evil, and that society would be far better off without such evils, but also that prohibiting them by law would be intrinsically unjust.
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Being a deontologist does not protect you from criticism.
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And one needn't be a raving deontologist to recognize that deontology isn't merely solipsistic.
A bit more on Holy Communion and non-Catholic Christians 2009
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Being a deontologist does not protect you from criticism.
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A deontologist who thinks that child molestation, rape, and murder should all be perfectly legal but who thinks that putting your shoes on between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM should be punished by the death penalty is still as subject to criticism as anyone else.
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David Welker: A deontologist who thinks that child molestation, rape, and murder should all be perfectly legal but who thinks that putting your shoes on between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM should be punished by the death penalty is still as subject to criticism as anyone else.
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In my experience, when you scratch the surface on any deontologist, you find a consequentialist just waiting to get out.
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In my experience, when you scratch the surface on any deontologist, you find a consequentialist just waiting to get out.
Sam Harris: Toward a Science of Morality Sam Harris 2010
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David Welker: A deontologist who thinks that child molestation, rape, and murder should all be perfectly legal but who thinks that putting your shoes on between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM should be punished by the death penalty is still as subject to criticism as anyone else.
shevek commented on the word deontologist
n. One whose moral philosophy is driven by a set of formal rules, or equivalently, one whose moral philosophy primarily judges the means itself. Contrast teleologist.
July 17, 2008