Ethics
['eθɪks] or [‘ɛθɪks]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checker: Olivier
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Morality, morals, moral philosophy, science of human duty.
Typist: Thaddeus
Examples
- In the main, however, this work is an attempt to find a basis for ethics in natural p henomena. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. Plato. The Republic.
- Now, Lina, I've had my lesson both in languages and ethics, with a touch on politics; it is your turn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For these reasons 'the greatest happiness' principle is not the true foundation of ethics. Plato. The Republic.
- Machiavelli's ethics are commonplace enough. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Ethics), 'Whether the virtues are one or many? Plato. The Republic.
- The ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three great branches; physics, or natural philosophy; ethics, or moral philosophy; and logic. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As far as social ethics were concerned Eustacia approached the savage state, though in emotion she was all the while an epicure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I shall most certainly report this outrageous breach of ethics to the directors of the adjacent zoological garden. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He saw the perfect good-humoured callousness, even strange, glistening malice, in Gerald, glistening through the plausible ethics of productivity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This is an old difficulty in ethics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- VI CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK Thus upon the whole I am hopeful, that nothing is wanting to an accurate proof of this system of ethics. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He considered ethics the most valuable part of philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was through him that logic, ethics, psychology, rhet oric, ?sthetics, political science, zo?logy (especially ichthyology), first received systematic treatment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What they really cared about was ethics--the practical question how a man should order his life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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