deontological

adjective

de·​on·​to·​log·​i·​cal (¦)de¦äntə¦läjə̇kəl 

-tᵊl¦ä-

1

: of, relating to, or based on deontology : deontic

2

: that considers moral obligations to be knowable by intuition and without reference to conceptions of the good

a deontological ethical theory

—contrasted with axiological

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