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Deontology vs Cosmopolitan - What's the difference?

deontology | cosmopolitan |

As nouns the difference between deontology and cosmopolitan

is that deontology is the ethical study of duties, obligations, and rights, with an approach focusing on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves and not on the goodness or badness of the consequences of those actions while cosmopolitan is a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.

As an adjective cosmopolitan is

all-inclusive; affecting the whole world.

deontology

English

(wikipedia deontology)

Noun

(-)
  • (ethics) The ethical study of duties, obligations, and rights, with an approach focusing on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves and not on the goodness or badness of the consequences of those actions.

    • Coordinate terms

    * consequentialism * utilitarianism

    Derived terms

    * deontological * deontologist

    Related terms

    * deontic

    References

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    cosmopolitan

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia cosmopolitan) (en adjective)
  • all-inclusive; affecting the whole world
  • (of a place, or, institution) composed of people from all over the world
  • (of a person) at ease in any part of the world
  • (biology, ecology) growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite
  • a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice