Definition of ethics Ethics
/ɛˈθɪks/ - [ethiks] - eth•ics
We found 9 definitions of ethics from 6 different sources.
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What does ethics mean?
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NounSingular: ethic |
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| ethics - the philosophical study of moral values and rules | ||
| moral philosophy | ||
| philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it" | ||
| bioethics the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences | ||
| casuistry moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | ||
| endaemonism, eudemonism an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | ||
| hedonism an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | ||
| ethics - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | ||
| ethical motive, morals, morality | ||
| motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" | ||
| hedonism an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | ||
| moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong, conscience conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ethics (Noun)
The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. - ethics (Noun)
Morality. - ethics (Noun)
The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ethics (n.)
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.
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ethics
The philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it.
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Ideas about ethics.
Some philosophers call ethics the "science of morality".
"Morality" is what someone thinks or feels is good or bad.
There are many different moralities, but they share some things.
For example most people think that murder (killing somebody) is wrong.
Some philosophers hope to find more things that moralities share.
They think that ethics should use the scientific method to study things that people think are good or bad.
Other philosophers think that ethics is separate from morality.
They do not think that ethics can be studied using the scientific method and they think it is closer to metaphysics.
Some of them think like platonists about what is good and bad.
Other philosophers believe that ethics is subjective.
This means that they think that what is right for me is whatever I say is right.
This means that ethics is just a person's own morality.
These philosophers do not think that ethics is the same for all people.
What is ethics used for?
Understanding ethics can help people decide what to do when they have choices. Many philosophers think that doing anything or making any choice is a part of ethics.
Along with Aesthetics ethics forms part of axiology the philosophy of what people like.
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🔤- ethics, noun, plural of ethic.
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