ethics
21ethics — n. 1) the branch of philosophy concerned with the content of moral judgments (normative ethics) and their nature (metaethics). See also: consequentialism, Kantian ethics, narrative ethics 2) the principles or rules of conduct accepted within a… …
22ethics — Of or relating to moral action, conduct, motive or character; as, ethical emotion; also, treating of moral feelings, duties or conduct; containing precepts of morality; moral. Professionally right or befitting; conforming to professional… …
23ethics — Of or relating to moral action, conduct, motive or character; as, ethical emotion; also, treating of moral feelings, duties or conduct; containing precepts of morality; moral. Professionally right or befitting; conforming to professional… …
24ethics — n. professional ethics * * * [ eθɪks] professional ethics …
25ethics — The principles of right and wrong conduct; the basis for doing what is right, and the discernment of what is right, are fundamental issues throughout the Bible. Indeed many readers of the Bible would find it hard to separate the religion from the …
26ethics — meta·ethics; bio·ethics; …
27ethics — eth•ics [[t]ˈɛθ ɪks[/t]] n. 1) pho (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system or set of moral principles 2) pho (used with a pl. v.) the rules of conduct governing a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical… …
28ethics — A code, system, or body of moral principles or good conduct, particularly a system for a group of people or a profession, such as law or medicine. In a profession, the sum of professional experience as to standards of professional behavior.… …
29ethics — The branch of philosophy that deals with the distinction between right and wrong, with the moral consequences of human actions. [G. ethikos, arising from custom, fr. ethos, custom] medical e. the principles of proper professional conduct… …
30ethics — (Gk., ethos, character) The study of the concepts involved in practical reasoning: good, right, duty, obligation, virtue, freedom, rationality, choice. Also the second order study of the objectivity, subjectivity, relativism, or scepticism that… …