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From Middle English etik, from Middle French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈeθ.ɪks/
ethics (countable and uncountable, plural **ethics)
- Morality.
- The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
- (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
Synonyms: (one sense) deontology, moral philosophy
Although the terms ethics and morality are often used interchangeably, philosophical ethicists sometimes distinguish them, using ethics to refer to theories and conceptual studies relating to good and evil and right and wrong, and using morality and its related terms to refer to actual, real-world beliefs and practices concerning proper conduct. In this vein, the American philosopher Brand Blanshard wrote concerning his friend, the eminent British ethicist G. E. Moore: "We often discussed ethics, but seldom morals. . . . He was a master in ethical theory, but did not conceive himself as specially qualified to pass opinions on politics or social issues." [1]
ethics
standards of conduct
- Afrikaans: eties
- Arabic: أَخْلَاق (ʔaḵlāq), أَدَب (ar) m (ʔadab)
- Armenian: էթիկա (hy) (ētʻika)
- Azerbaijani: etika
- Belarusian: э́тыка f (étyka)
- Bengali: আখলাক (bn) (akholak)
- Bulgarian: е́тика (bg) f (étika)
- Catalan: ètica (ca) f
- Chinese:
Cantonese: 倫理 / 伦理 (leon4 lei5)
Hokkien: 倫理 / 伦理 (lûn-lí)
Mandarin: 倫理 / 伦理 (zh) (lúnlǐ), 道德 (zh) (dàodé) - Czech: etika (cs) f
- Dutch: zedenkunde (nl) f, ethiek (nl) f
- Finnish: etiikka (fi), moraali (fi)
- French: éthique (fr) f
- Galician: ética (gl) f
- German: Verhaltenskodex (de) m, Ethik (de) f
- Hebrew: אֶתִיקָה (he) f
- Hindi: आचार (hi) (ācār), आचरण (hi) (ācraṇ)
- Irish: eitic f
- Italian: etica (it) f
- Japanese: 倫理 (ja) (りんり, rinri)
- Khmer: សីលធម៌ (səylaʼthɔə)
- Korean: 윤리(倫理) (ko) (yulli), 륜리(倫理) (ko) (ryulli) (North Korea)
- Latvian: ētika f
- Macedonian: етика f (etika)
- Maori: matatika, tikanga matatika
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: etikk (no) m
Nynorsk: etikk m - Persian: اخلاق (fa) (axlâq), ادب (fa) (adab)
- Portuguese: ética (pt) f
- Russian: э́тика (ru) f (étika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐтика f
Roman: ètika (sh) f - Slovak: etika (sk) f
- Spanish: ética (es) f
- Swedish: etik (sv) c
- Tagalog: kaasalan, asalan
- Tajik: одоб (tg) (odob)
- Turkish: ahlak (tr)
- Ukrainian: е́тика f (étyka)
- Vietnamese: luân lý (vi) (倫理)
study of principles governing right and wrong conduct
- Afrikaans: etiek
- Arabic: عِلْم الْأَخْلَاق m (ʕilm al-ʔaḵlāq)
- Armenian: բարոյագիտություն (hy) (baroyagitutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: etika
- Belarusian: э́тыка f (étyka)
- Bengali: আখলাক (bn) (akholak), নৈতিকতা (nōitikota)
- Bulgarian: е́тика (bg) f (étika)
- Catalan: ètica (ca) f
- Chinese:
Cantonese: 倫理學 / 伦理学 (leon4 lei5 hok6)
Mandarin: 倫理學 / 伦理学 (zh) (lúnlǐxué) - Czech: etika (cs) f
- Danish: etik c
- Dutch: zedenkunde (nl) f, ethiek (nl) f
- Estonian: eetika
- Faroese: siðalæra f, siðafrøði f
- Finnish: etiikka (fi)
- French: éthique (fr) f
- Galician: ética (gl) f
- Georgian: ეთიკა (etiḳa)
- German: Ethik (de) f
- Greek: ηθική (el) m (ithikí)
- Hindi: आचारशास्त्र (ācārśāstra)
- Hungarian: etika (hu), erkölcstan (hu)
- Indonesian: etika (id)
- Irish: eitic f
- Italian: etica (it) f
- Japanese: 倫理学 (ja) (りんりがく, rinrigaku)
- Kazakh: этика (kk) (étika)
- Khmer: សីលវិជ្ជា (km) (səl vɨcciə)
- Korean: 윤리학(倫理學) (ko) (yullihak), 륜리학(倫理學) (ko) (ryullihak) (North Korea)
- Latvian: ētika f
- Macedonian: етика f (etika)
- Malay: etika (ms)
- Maori: matatika
- Mongolian:
Cyrillic: этик (etik) - Norwegian:
Bokmål: etikk (no) m
Nynorsk: etikk m - Persian: فلسفه اخلاق (falsafe-ye axlâq), علم اخلاق ('elm-e axlâq), اصول اخلاق (osul-e axlâq)
- Polish: etyka (pl) f
- Portuguese: ética (pt) f
- Russian: э́тика (ru) f (étika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐтика f
Roman: ètika (sh) f - Slovak: etika (sk) f
- Spanish: ética (es) f
- Swedish: etik (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaasalan, dalub-asalan, dalubasalan, asalan
- Tajik: илми ахлоқ (ilm-i axloq), одоб (tg) (odob)
- Thai: จริยธรรม (th) (jà-rí-yá-tam), จริยศาสตร์ (th) (jà-rí-yá-sàat)
- Turkish: etik (tr)
- Ukrainian: е́тика f (étyka)
- Vietnamese: luân lý học (vi) (倫理學), đạo đức học (vi) (道德學)
- Yiddish: עטיק f (etik)
Translations to be checked
- ^ Paul Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard, Library of Living Philosophers, →ISBN, "Autobiography", p. 85.