ethic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

From Middle English etik, from Late Latin ēthicus, from Ancient Greek ἠθῐκός (ēthĭkós).

We discussed philosophy and ethics. — Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog), Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Ethic: the “Ethics” of Aristotle. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
That is a question for ethics. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy

moral principle, value-system, value orientation

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