What does ETHICS mean?
Definitions for ETHICS
ˈɛθ ɪksethics
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Princeton's WordNet
ethical motive, ethics, morals, moralitynoun
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethics, moral philosophynoun
the philosophical study of moral values and rules
Wiktionary
ethicsnoun
The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
ethicsnoun
Morality.
ethicsnoun
The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
Etymology: From ethique, from ethica, from ἠθική, from ἠθικός, from ἦθος.
Wikipedia
Ethics
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime. As a field of intellectual inquiry, moral philosophy is related to the fields of moral psychology, descriptive ethics, and value theory. Three major areas of study within ethics recognized today are: Meta-ethics, concerning the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions, and how their truth values (if any) can be determined; Normative ethics, concerning the practical means of determining a moral course of action; Applied ethics, concerning what a person is obligated (or permitted) to do in a specific situation or a particular domain of action.
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ethics
Ethics refers to the moral principles or guidelines that govern a person's or a group's behaviors and actions. It involves evaluating what is right or wrong, good or bad, in various situations. Ethics can be personal (arising from individual conscience) or can be implemented by external organizations such as professional bodies or businesses.
Webster Dictionary
Ethicsnoun
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
Etymology: [Cf. F. thique. See Ethic.]
Wikidata
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. The term comes from the Greek word ethos, which means "character". Ethics is a complement to Aesthetics in the philosophy field of Axiology. In philosophy, ethics studies the moral behavior in humans and how one should act. Ethics may be divided into four major areas of study: ⁕Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth values may be determined; ⁕Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action; ⁕Applied ethics, about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations; ⁕Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality; Ethics seeks to resolve questions dealing with human morality—concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Ethics
the science which treats of the distinction between right and wrong and of the moral sense by which they are discriminated.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Ethics
The philosophy or code pertaining to what is ideal in human character and conduct. Also, the field of study dealing with the principles of morality.
Editors Contribution
ethicsnoun
Plural noun of the word ethic.
Ethics are vital within a just and fair business community, society, government or organization.
Submitted by MaryC on September 14, 2016
ethics
The principles of just, fair, honest, transparent, peaceful and unifying behavior and choices.
Ethics are so important in life and honesty, transparency and justice are vital for a just society that creates for the benefit of everyone.
Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ETHICS in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ETHICS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of ETHICS in a Sentence
... ours is a sick profession marked by incompetence, lack of training, misconduct and bad manners. Ineptness, bungling, malpractice, and bad ethics can be observed in court houses all over this country every day ... these incompetents have a seeming unawareness of the fundamental ethics of the profession. ... the harsh truth is that ... we may well be on our way to a society, overrun by hordes of lawyers, hungry as locusts, and brigades of judges in numbers never before contemplated.
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. It is an uncomfortable doctrine which the true ethics whisper into my ear. You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.
It’s never too late to change things … and that’s the responsibility of anybody who wants to obey a code of professional ethics.
Without a doubt, the question of the 'command spirit' will arise, with some in the ranks wondering whether this defence minister has, effectively, revised military ethics, especially regarding open-fire regulations, the defence minister is, in a sense, the 'prime minister of Judea and Samaria'.
At the start of 2022, these companies weren’t marketing this stuff, i think we really need to start questioning our ethics around this.
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- etiek, etiesAfrikaans
- علم الأخلاق, أخلاق, أدبArabic
- этыкаBelarusian
- етикаBulgarian
- èticaCatalan, Valencian
- etikaCzech
- etikDanish
- Ethik, VerhaltenskodexGerman
- ηθικήGreek
- etikoEsperanto
- éticaSpanish
- eetikaEstonian
- علم اخلاق, اخلاق, فلسفه اخلاق, اصول اخلاق, ادبPersian
- etiikkaFinnish
- éthiqueFrench
- eiticIrish
- אתיקהHebrew
- आचार विचारHindi
- etika, erkölcstanHungarian
- բարոյագիտությունArmenian
- etikaIndonesian
- eticaItalian
- 倫理, 倫理学Japanese
- ეთიკაGeorgian
- этикаKazakh
- សីលវិជ្ជា, អភិសមារចារKhmer
- 윤리, 倫理學, 倫理, 윤리학Korean
- ratioLatin
- ētikaLatvian
- matatika, tikanga matatikaMāori
- этикMongolian
- etikaMalay
- zedenkunde, ethiekDutch
- etikkNorwegian
- etykaPolish
- éticaPortuguese
- eticăRomanian
- этикаRussian
- етика, etikaSerbo-Croatian
- etikSwedish
- илми ахлоқ, одобTajik
- จริยศาสตร์, จริยธรรมThai
- etikTurkish
- етикаUkrainian
- اخلاقیاتUrdu
- 倫理學, luân lý, luân lý học, 倫理Vietnamese
- 伦理Chinese
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