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Ethical   /ˈɛθəkəl/  /ˈɛθɪkəl/   Listen
Ethical

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics.  "Ethical theories"
2.
Conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.  "Ethical medical practice" , "An ethical problem" , "Had no ethical objection to drinking" , "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"  Antonym: unethical.
3.
Adhering to ethical and moral principles.  Synonyms: honorable, honourable.  "Followed the only honorable course of action"



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"Ethical" Quotes from Famous Books



... clear. Careful investigation proves that they do not like to remember them and this dislike has to be overcome. 5. There is a special weakness in judgment, which for general purposes is sound. The train of thought is logical, but in ethical discernment the lack appears. The pathological liar does not face openly the question of whether his lies can ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy
... latent cells in the microcosm and he is dominated by material appetites. In a similar way he may perceive the spiritual in himself. Nature's laws, with all their numberless and intricate ramifications are simple in their harmony of process and uniformity of purpose when applied to the physical and ethical developments of man.] ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller
... b) Ethical Dative. This name is given to those Dative constructions of the personal pronouns in which the connection of the Dative with the rest of the sentence is of the very ...
— New Latin Grammar • Charles E. Bennett
... that regarding man as a subject of observation from whatever point of view—theological, historical, ethical, or philosophic—we find a general law of necessity to which he (like all that exists) is subject. But regarding him from within ourselves as what we are conscious of, we feel ourselves ...
— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy
... 13-9. {Ihnen} (ethical dative), expressing a more remote relation to the person concerned in, or affected by an action or its result—somewhat related to the Engl. expletive you know of the uneducated classes. ...
— Eingeschneit - Eine Studentengeschichte • Emil Frommel


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