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单词 situation ethics
释义

ethic /ethˈik/ (now rare)

adjective

Ethical

noun
  1. (more commonly ethˈics sing) the science of morals, that branch of philosophy which is concerned with human character and conduct
  2. A system of morals or rules of behaviour
  3. A treatise on morals
ORIGIN: Gr ēthikos, from ēthos custom or character

ethˈical adjective

  1. Relating to morals, the science of ethics or professional standards of conduct
  2. Relating to, or in accord with, approved moral behaviour
  3. (of advertising) decent, honest and informative, not misleading, dishonest or unscrupulous
  4. Denoting a proprietary pharmaceutical not advertised to the general public and only available to the general public on doctor's prescription (also noun)
  5. (of investment, funds, etc) not involving the abuse of natural resources or the exploitation of people or animals

ethicalˈity or ethˈicalness noun

ethˈically adverb

ethˈicism noun

  1. The tendency to moralize or ethicize
  2. Great interest in ethics or passion for ethical ideals

ethˈicist noun

  1. An expert on or student in ethics
  2. A person who detaches ethics from religion

ethˈicize or ethˈicise /-sīz/ transitive verb

  1. To make ethical
  2. To treat as ethical

ethico- combining form

Denoting something ethical or of ethics

ethical dative or ethic dative noun

(esp in Greek and Latin) a dative implying an indirect interest in the matter, used to give a livelier tone to the sentence

ethical genitive noun

A genitive implying interest (eg talking as usual about his jazz)

situation ethics

Ethics based on the proposition that no conduct is good or bad in itself and that one must determine what is right or wrong in each situation as it arises

situate /sitˈū-āt/

transitive verb
  1. To set, place, locate
  2. To circumstance
adjective /-ū-it/ (now esp law)

Situated

ORIGIN: LL situātus, from L situere to place

sitˈuated adjective

  1. Set, located
  2. Circumstanced

sitˈuatedness noun (philosophy and psychology)

The idea that an agent interacts with its environment, receiving sensory information from it and acting in ways that affect it

situāˈtion noun

  1. Location
  2. Place
  3. Position
  4. Momentary state
  5. Condition
  6. A set of circumstances, a juncture
  7. A critical point in the action of a play or the development of the plot of a novel
  8. Office, employment

situāˈtional adjective

situāˈtionally adverb

situāˈtionism noun

The theory that behaviour is determined by surrounding situations rather than by personal qualities

situāˈtionist noun and adjective

situation comedy noun

A comedy, now esp in a television or radio series in which the same characters appear in each episode, which depends for its humour on the behaviour of the characters in particular, sometimes contrived, situations (informal short form sitcom)

situation ethics see under ethic
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