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Ethics — • Many writers regard ethics as any scientific treatment of the moral order and divide it into theological, or Christian, ethics (moral theology) and philosophical ethics (moral philosophy) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ethics …   Catholic encyclopedia

Ethics — Eth ics ([e^]th [i^]ks), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ethics — I noun casuistry, code, code of morals, code of right and wrong, conduct, good conduct, goodness, honesty, honor, ideals, integrity, justice, laws of a profession, moral behavior, moral conduct, moral judgment, moral obligation, moral philosophy …   Law dictionary

ethics — noun; pl. as sg. этика code of ethics …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

ethics — Trustees in Bankruptcy are subject to the Codes of Ethics under: CAIRP, The Canadian Association of insolvency and Restructuring Professionals; The Bankruptcy and insolvency Act; The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and where… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …   Universalium

Ethics — For other uses, see Ethics (disambiguation). Philosophy …   Wikipedia

ethics — сущ. 1) соц. этика, мораль, этические [нравственные] принципы (система ценностей и норм поведения какого л. сообщества, организации или индивида) medical ethics медицинская этика We have to remove personalities of doubtful ethics. Мы должны… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

ethics — ˈeθɪks сущ. мораль, нравственность, этика code of ethics professional ethics этика; учение о морали; теория нравственности the * of Aristotle этика Аристотеля a code of * моральный кодекс мораль, нравственность, этика, этичность Christian * хр …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

ethics — (Gk., ethos, character) The study of the concepts involved in practical reasoning: good, right, duty, obligation, virtue, freedom, rationality, choice. Also the second order study of the objectivity, subjectivity, relativism, or scepticism that… …   Philosophy dictionary