Synonyms for ethics

Grammar : Noun

Spell : eth-iks

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛθ ɪks

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Définition of ethics

Origin : "the science of morals," c.1600, plural of Middle English ethik "study of morals" (see ethic). The word also traces to Ta Ethika, title of Aristotle's work.

noun morality

Example sentences :

Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

And I pause, true to the ethics of journalism; it's my duty not to leave just yet.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

What was the stanchest code of ethics but a trunk with a series of false bottoms?
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

But to call this ethics 'philanthropy' is the strangest of mistakes.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

In short, ethics has been more or less confounded with sexuality.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

He had written a treatise on ethics which on some points anticipated Kant.
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

And how could one with that mara upon him, write of the ethics of life and religion?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

First ethics, then politics—this is the order of ideas to us; the reverse is the order of history.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

For these reasons 'the greatest happiness' principle is not the true foundation of ethics.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

This, in the language of Kant, is the sphere of the metaphysic of ethics.
Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

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