Ethics vs. Ethic

Ethicsnoun

(philosophy) 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.

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.

Ethicsnoun

motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

Ethicsnoun

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

Ethicsnoun

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

Ethicsnoun

the moral correctness of specified conduct

Ethicsnoun

the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles

Ethics

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.

Ethicadjective

Moral, relating to morals.

Ethicnoun

A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

Ethicnoun

The morality of an action.

Ethicadjective

Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.

Ethicnoun

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.

Ethicnoun

a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.

Ethicnoun

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;

Ethicnoun

a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

Ethicnoun

a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct

Ethicadjective

relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these