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Definitions for Ethics
[1] (used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
[2] (used with a plural verb ) the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
[3] (used with a plural verb ) moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
[4] (used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. Compare axiological ethics, deontological ethics.
[5] the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group: the Christian ethic; the tribal ethic of the Zuni.
[6] a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic.
[7] (functioning as singular) the philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it; moral philosophy See also meta-ethics
[8] (functioning as plural) a social, religious, or civil code of behaviour considered correct, esp that of a particular group, profession, or individual
[9] (functioning as plural) the moral fitness of a decision, course of action, etc he doubted the ethics of their verdict
[10] a moral principle or set of moral values held by an individual or group the Puritan ethic
[11] another word for ethical
Words related to Ethics
honesty, mores, goodness, integrity, ethic, conduct, ideal, imperative, convention, ethos, conscience, belief, nature, practice, standard, decency, morality, value, honor, criteria
Words nearby Ethics
ethical investment, ethical relativism, ethical will, ethicist, ethicize, ethics, ethinamate, ethine, ethion, ethionamide, ethiop
Origin of Ethics
1350–1400; Middle English ethic, etic < Latin ēthicus < Greek ēthikós, equivalent to êth(os ) ethos + -ikos -ic
Other words from Ethics
non·eth·ic , adjective
Word origin for Ethics
C15: from Latin ēthicus, from Greek éthikos, from ēthos custom; see ethos
Synonyms for Ethics
belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethic, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, morality, mores, nature, practice, principles, standard, standards, value, moral code, natural law