Ethicality vs. Ethics

The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.

(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.

Morality.

The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

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.

Example: ‘The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught.’;

motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity

Example: ‘a code of ethics’; ‘medical ethics also enter into the question’;

the moral correctness of specified conduct

Example: ‘many scientists question the ethics of cruel experiments’;

the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles

Example: ‘neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion’;

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that . 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.

Example: ‘involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior’;