English Explanatory Dictionary

proportionalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theory in ethics, lying between consequentialism and deontology, holding that it is never right to go against a principle unless there is a proportionate reason to justify doing so.

Word forms

proportionalism

Etymology

From proportional + -ism.

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