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ethics

/ˈɛθ.ɪks/noun2 syllables

Ethics means: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.

Synonyms for ethics5

noun, as in motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

ethical motive, morals, morality

noun, as in the philosophical study of moral values and rules

moral philosophy

also used for ethics

deontology

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What does ethics mean?2

noun

1

motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

2

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Ethics in a sentence

  • At the ethics committee, a temporary halt to cloning experiments was decided.JimBreen
  • A great many people were opposed to gene therapy in terms of ethics.unknown
  • The paper discusses the problem in terms of ethics.al_ex_an_der
  • Ethics is a branch of philosophy that treats of human conduct.darinmex
  • I'm going to give a paper at this year's conference on biomedical ethics.darinmex
  • The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.darinmex
  • A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.AsliAbbasi
  • Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics.mailohilohi

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