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单词 preethical
释义

preethical

adjective

pre·​eth·​i·​cal ˌprē-ˈe-thi-kəl How to pronounce preethical (audio)
variants or pre-ethical
: existing or occurring before personal or social ethics have been developed or considered
The analytical history starts by attempting to understand relevant psychological capacities of the preethical ancestors … Philip Kitcher
More remote ancestors, human beings without full language perhaps, were pre-ethical. Philip Kitcher
… what ethicians might call the pre-ethical stages of human development … Robert J. Starratt
Laws are a pre-ethical stage. While they orient a person to virtue, acting because the law obliges one to act is not truly virtuous. Raymond J. Devettere
It sounds like a story from journalism's pre-ethical days … Jack Shafer

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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