ə noun
a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.
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ethics (ˈɛθɪks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | (functioning as singular) See also meta-ethics the philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it; moral philosophy |
| 2. | (functioning as plural) a social, religious, or civil code of behaviour considered correct, esp that of a particular group, profession, or individual |
| 3. | (functioning as plural) the moral fitness of a decision, course of action, etc: he doubted the ethics of their verdict |
| 'ethicist | |
| —n | |
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