Ethical
['eθɪk(ə)l] or ['ɛθɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; 'an ethical lawyer'; 'ethical medical practice'; 'an ethical problem'; 'had no ethical objection to drinking'; 'Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants'- Omar N. Bradley .
(adj.) adhering to ethical and moral principles; 'it seems ethical and right'; 'followed the only honorable course of action' .
(adj.) of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; 'ethical codes'; 'ethical theories' .
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Definition
(a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Moral.
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Examples
- The ethical considerations do not concern us here. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The novel feature of Plato's pedagogy was the plan to educate the directing classes, men disciplined in his own philosophical and ethical conceptions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Education is the oversig ht and guidance of the development of the imma ture with certain ethical and social ends in view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Much of this development he may have owed to his studious life in Paris, where he had become acquainted with ethical systems popular at the time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Like ethical insight, or spiritual illumination , the scientific idea comes to those who have striven for it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This explains, if anything could, his view that a distant mathematical result is the subject of ethical rather than of mathematical evidence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- About the same time he married, restored the money that had long been owing, and formulated his ethical code and religio us creed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His religious and ethical conceptions were closely associated with--indeed, dependent upon--an orderly and infinite physical univer se. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But such teaching is not so much an ethical use of history as it is an effort to create moral impressions by means of more or less authentic material. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Less direct minds would have found high-sounding ethical sanctions in which to conceal the real intent. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The religious and ethical aspect of Plato's education will hereafter be considered under a separate head. Plato. The Republic.
- As was stated at the outset of this chapter, education is the oversight and guidance of the development of the immature with certain ethical and social ends in view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No ethical theory can announce any intrinsic good. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Pursued in this fashion, history would most naturally become of ethical value in teaching. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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