English Dictionary

proportionalism

名詞

不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

倫理学における理論の一つで、帰結主義と義務論の中間に位置し、相応の理由がなければいかなる場合も原則に反する行動は正当化されないとする考え方。

While proportionalism occupies a middle ground between consequentialism and deontology, it insists that violating a moral principle is justified only when there is a proportionate reason to do so.

比例主義は帰結主義と義務論の中間に位置する倫理学の立場で、原則に反する行為が正当化されるのは、それを正当化する相応の理由がある場合に限ると主張します。

意味（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.