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deontology
de·on·tol·o·gy [ d on tólləjee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
logic of moral obligation: the study of what is morally obligatory, permissible, right, or wrong
[Early 19th century. < Greek deont- (see deontic)]

de·on·tol·o·gist noun
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