ethics

  • 11ethics — [eth′iks] n. 1. the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment; moral philosophy 2. a treatise on this study 3. [with sing. or pl. v.] the system or code of morals of a particular person, religion, group, profession, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 12Ethics — For other uses, see Ethics (disambiguation). Philosophy …

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  • 13ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

    Universalium

  • 14ETHICS — IN THE BIBLE There is no abstract, comprehensive concept in the Bible which parallels the modern concept of ethics. The term musar designates ethics in later Hebrew, but in the Bible it indicates merely the educational function fulfilled by the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 15ethics —    by John Marks   Throughout his work, Deleuze draws a clear distinction between ethics and morality. Morality is a set of constraining rules that judge actions and intentions in relation to transcendent values of good and evil. Morality is a… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 16ethics —    by John Marks   Throughout his work, Deleuze draws a clear distinction between ethics and morality. Morality is a set of constraining rules that judge actions and intentions in relation to transcendent values of good and evil. Morality is a… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 17ethics — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ personal ▪ She resigned over an issue of personal ethics. ▪ social ▪ He teaches a class on social ethics. ▪ Christian, Je …

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  • 18Ethics — Standards of conduct or moral judgement. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ethics eth‧ics [ˈeθɪks] noun [plural] COMMERCE moral rules or principles of behaviour that should guide members of a profession or organization and make them… …

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  • 19ethics — Standards of conduct or moral judgment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ethics eth‧ics [ˈeθɪks] noun [plural] COMMERCE moral rules or principles of behaviour that should guide members of a profession or organization and make them deal… …

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  • 20ethics — (akhlaq)    There was a heated debate in Islamic theology between the Ash‘arites and the Mu‘tazilites over the nature of ethics, harking back to the Euthyphro problem of whether the good is what it is because of God’s commands, or whether God’s… …

    Islamic philosophy dictionary