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ethics

/ˈɛθ.ɪks/

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What does ethics mean?

noun

  1. Morality.
  2. The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
  3. The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. plural of ethic

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/ˈɛθ.ɪks/

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If there exists in the world a more perfect summary of slave ethics, I do not know where to find it.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
For pleasure crowns activity, as beauty is a crown to youth, as Aristotle truly asserts in the tenth book of the Ethics.
Richard de BuryThe Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de BuryTranslated by Ernest Chester ThomasProject Gutenberg ebook #626
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The Republicans had carried the country upon an issue in which ethics were more directly and visibly mingled with politics than usual.
James Russell LowellAbraham LincolnProject Gutenberg ebook #906
Psychology and the outlook of modern life are stressing the growth of independent responsibility and discrimination as the true basis of ethics.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays by Ralph Waldo EmersonProject Gutenberg ebook #16643