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What (who) is ethic - definition

BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT SYSTEMATIZES, DEFENDS, AND RECOMMENDS CONCEPTS OF RIGHT AND WRONG CONDUCT

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Ethic

·adj ·Alt. of Ethical.

ethic

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¦ noun a set of moral principles: the puritan ethic.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ethique, from L. ethice, from Gk (he) ethike (tekhne) '(the science of) morals', based on ethos (see ethos).

ethic

(ethics)

1.

Ethics are moral beliefs and rules about right and wrong.

Refugee workers said such action was a violation of medical ethics.

N-PLURAL

2.

Someone's ethics are the moral principles about right and wrong behaviour which they believe in.

He told the police that he had thought honestly about the ethics of what he was doing.

N-PLURAL: with supp

3.

Ethics is the study of questions about what is morally right and wrong.

...the teaching of ethics and moral philosophy.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

An ethic of a particular kind is an idea or moral belief that influences the behaviour, attitudes, and philosophy of a group of people.

...the ethic of public service.

...an indomitable work ethic and determination to succeed.

N-SING: with supp

Wikipedia

Ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.

Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime. As a field of intellectual inquiry, moral philosophy is related to the fields of moral psychology, descriptive ethics, and value theory.

Three major areas of study within ethics recognized today are:

Meta-ethics, concerning the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions, and how their truth values (if any) can be determined;
Normative ethics, concerning the practical means of determining a moral course of action;
Applied ethics, concerning what a person is obligated (or permitted) to do in a specific situation or a particular domain of action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics

Examples of use of ethic

1. Both my parents taught me a great work ethic." The work ethic is one thing.

2. That was the ethic of the jungle; the ethic of the wild beast.

3. We need to replace the work ethic with a care ethic.

4. If we truly believe in a land ethic, then we as a nation must also demonstrate a sound consumption ethic."

5. The Spanish ethic of manańa, or "Filipino time" as they call it here, has outlived America‘s attempt to impose a protestant work ethic.