ETHICAL

ethical

(adjective) conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; “an ethical lawyer”; “ethical medical practice”; “an ethical problem”; “had no ethical objection to drinking”; “Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants”- Omar N. Bradley

ethical, honorable, honourable

(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles; “it seems ethical and right”; “followed the only honorable course of action”

ethical

(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; “ethical codes”; “ethical theories”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ethical (comparative more ethical, superlative most ethical)

(philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.

(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.

(comparable) Morally approvable; good.

(of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

Noun

ethical (plural ethicals)

An ethical drug, one only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

Anagrams

• alethic

Source: Wiktionary

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Eth"ic, Eth"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethicus, Gr. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.]

Definition: Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench. Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit How does my friend Celsus do

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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