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1Ethics — • 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 …
2Ethics in America — was a ten part television series in which panels of leading politicians, lawyers, journalists, doctors, business people, and philosophers discussed the ethical issues of hypothetical scenarios in politics, the media, medicine, law, and other… …
3Ethics of technology — is a subfield of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age. Some prominent works of philosopher Hans Jonas are devoted to ethics of technology. Technology itself is incapable of possessing moral or ethical qualities,… …
4ethics, morals — Ethics is used to refer to a system of moral principles, as one might mention legal ethics, medical ethics, or the ethics of this community. Morals refers to standards or accepted customs of conduct and generally applies to right living in a… …
5Ethics in the Bible — Ethics is the branch of philosophy which examines the question of what actions are morally right or wrong and why. The Bible contains numerous prescriptions or laws and many narrative accounts of ethical relevance.Ethics in the Hebrew… …
6Ethics (disambiguation) — Ethics, a major branch of philosophy, encompasses right conduct and good living. It is significantly broader than the common conception of analyzing right and wrong.Ethics may also refer to:In literature: * Ethics (journal), a quarterly… …
7ethics — Ethics may be defined as the study of morality (though some, such as Bernard Williams, distinguish differently between the two). It is traditionally divided into three areas: (1) meta ethics, concerned with the meaning of moral terms ( good ,… …
8ethics — eth·ics / e thiks/ n pl but sing or pl in constr: the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession see also aba model rules of professional conduct in the important laws section Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …
9Ethics — 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… …
10ethics, legal — The branch of philosophy that defines what is good for the individual and for society and establishes the nature of obligations, or duties, that people owe themselves and one another. In modern society, ethics define how individuals,… …
