Ethics - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ethics :  (noun)
1: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: ethical motive, morals, morality]
2: the philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: moral philosophy]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ethics : \Eth"ics\, 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.

The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. --I. Taylor.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ethics : 

computer ethics



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Ethics

ronionet: Just wrote a novel for my Ethics final. My hand is killing me.
kendallrocks: Quote of the day "I hear alot about Twitter. What is it, some sort of dance or drug?" -my Ethics teacher. Haha...
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