pro-ethicaladj.

Brit.

/prəʊˈɛθᵻkl/, U.S.

/proʊˈɛθək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix¹, ethical adj.

Etymology: < pro- prefix¹+ ethical adj. Compare earlier non-ethical adj. at non- prefix 3a, unethical adj.

rare.

That provides a substitute for or takes the place of a system considered genuinely ethical.

ΚΠ

1892 H. Spencer Princ. Ethics I. ii. ii. §123. 337 We must class them as forming a body of thought and feeling which may be called pro-ethical; and which, with the mass of mankind, stands in place of the ethical properly so called.

1902 R. R. Marett in Personal Idealism 250 Religion..as often as it happens to take the side of salutary practice..is probably [a] more effectual ‘pro-ethical sanction’ [than law].

1932 J. A. Larson Lying & its Detection i. vi. 59 Under the one set of conditions there is little or no ethical, or rather pro-ethical, reprobation of lying; while under the other set of conditions the pro-ethical reprobation of lying, and in considerable measure the ethical reprobation, becomes strong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pro-ethical
释义	pro-ethicaladj. Brit. /prəʊˈɛθᵻkl/, U.S. /proʊˈɛθək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix¹, ethical adj. Etymology: < pro- prefix¹+ ethical adj. Compare earlier non-ethical adj. at non- prefix 3a, unethical adj. rare. That provides a substitute for or takes the place of a system considered genuinely ethical. ΚΠ 1892 H. Spencer Princ. Ethics I. ii. ii. §123. 337 We must class them as forming a body of thought and feeling which may be called pro-ethical; and which, with the mass of mankind, stands in place of the ethical properly so called. 1902 R. R. Marett in Personal Idealism 250 Religion..as often as it happens to take the side of salutary practice..is probably [a] more effectual ‘pro-ethical sanction’ [than law]. 1932 J. A. Larson Lying & its Detection i. vi. 59 Under the one set of conditions there is little or no ethical, or rather pro-ethical, reprobation of lying; while under the other set of conditions the pro-ethical reprobation of lying, and in considerable measure the ethical reprobation, becomes strong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892
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