ethics
noun
[ ˈɛθɪks ]
• moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
• "medical ethics also enter into the question"
Similar:
moral code,
morals,
morality,
moral stand,
moral principles,
moral values,
rights and wrongs,
principles,
ideals,
creed,
credo,
ethos,
rules of conduct,
standards (of behaviour),
virtues,
dictates of conscience,
• the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.
• "neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion"
ethic
noun
• a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
• "the puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos (see ethos).
