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单词 ethic
释义 eth·ic
\ˈethik, -thēk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English etik, ethik, from Middle French ethique, from Late Latin ethica & Latin ethice, from Greek ēthikē, from ēthikē, adjective, feminine of ēthikos moral, ethic
1. ethics plural but usually singular in construction : the discipline dealing with what is good and bad or right and wrong or with moral duty and obligation
 < the sphere of ethics for the Greeks was not distinguished from the sphere of aesthetics — Havelock Ellis >
2.
 a. : a group of moral principles or set of values
  < the Christian ethic >
  < even the code of the gangster … has its own ethic — R.P.Warren >
  < Puritan ethics >
  < Lincoln had been pondering the ethics of slavery — A.C.Cole >
 b. : a particular theory or system of moral values
  < a materialistic ethic >
  < naturalistic ethics >
 c. ethics plural but singular or plural in construction : the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession : standards of behavior
  < social ethics >
  < professional ethics >
  < a certain ethics makes it impossible for me to review the production … which I directed — New Republic >
3. : character or the ideals of character manifested by a race or people
 < while the rituals … are complex and stylized, the meaning behind them and their significance shows how far advanced was Indian religious culture and ethic — Seth Agnew >
— compare ethos
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