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eth⋅ics

  [eth-iks]
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–plural noun
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. 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. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. (usually 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.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME ethic + -s 3 , modeled on Gk tà ēthiká, neut. pl.

Synonyms:
2. See moral.

eth⋅ic

  [eth-ik]
–noun
1. 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.
2. a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME ethic, etic < L ēthicus < Gk ēthikós, equiv. to êth(os) ethos + -ikos -ic
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eth·ic   (ěth'ĭk)   
n.  
    1. A set of principles of right conduct.
    2. A theory or a system of moral values: "An ethic of service is at war with a craving for gain" (Gregg Easterbrook).
  2. ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.
  3. ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession: medical ethics.

[Middle English ethik, from Old French ethique (from Late Latin ēthica, from Greek ēthika, ethics) and from Latin ēthicē (from Greek ēthikē), both from Greek ēthikos, ethical, from ēthos, character; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
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Ethics

Eth"ics\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]thique. See Ethic.] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. --I. Taylor.
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Language Translation for : ETHICS
Spanish: ética,
German: die Ethik,
Japanese: 倫理学
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ethics

The branch of philosophy that deals with morality. Ethics is concerned with distinguishing between good and evil in the world, between right and wrong human actions, and between virtuous and nonvirtuous characteristics of people.

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ethics 
1602, "the science of morals," pl. of M.E. ethik "study of morals" (1387), from O.Fr. ethique, from L.L. ethica, from Gk. ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos). The word also traces to Ta Ethika, title of Aristotle's work. Ethic "a person's moral principles," attested from 1651.
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Main Entry: eth·ics
Pronunciation: 'e-thiks
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession —see also ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the IMPORTANT LAWS section
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Main Entry: eth·ics
Pronunciation: 'eth-iks
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: the principles of conduct governing anindividual or a group ethics>
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ethics eth·ics (ěth'ĭks)
n.
The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the conduct of the members of a profession.

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ethics
computer ethics

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