ethic

[ UK /ˈɛθɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈɛθɪk/ ]

NOUN

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
the Puritan ethic
a person with old-fashioned values
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. Albert Schweitzer
Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
A second preoccupation evident in these papers is responsibility, and what could roughly be described as the ethical dimension of conceptualisation.
How that rule would apply to those currently incarcerated is unclear, but in any event, the benefits of this ethically questionable legislation would arguably be minimal. News Item
‘By ignoring ethical business practices, small businesses are missing a trick,’ he said.
Republicans, meanwhile, are mulling whether to abandon the notion of filing ethics charges against Rep.
The following day, North accused his bosses of appalling, dishonest and unethical behaviour.
Posting articles about ethical polyamoury on a philanderer's site is like putting pictures of hands on a foot fetishist site.
This bout of introspection has been brought on by my most recent ethical hiccup. Times, Sunday Times
In this article we analyze the grammar of codes of ethics as a written locutionary act, and attempt to determine their implicit illocutionary and perlocutionary values.

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