'Ethics' definitions:

Definition of 'ethics'

From: WordNet
noun
Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality]
noun
The philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: ethics, moral philosophy]

Definition of 'Ethics'

From: GCIDE
  • Ethics \Eth"ics\ ([e^]th"[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F. ['e]thique. See Ethic.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ethics'

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