Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ethics"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ethics \Eth"ics\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]thique. See {Ethic}.]
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.
The completeness and consistency of its morality is the
peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has
taught. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ethics
n 1: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: {ethical
motive}, {morals}, {morality}]
2: the philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: {moral
philosophy}]
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