ethic
[eth-ik]
- the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group: the Christian ethic; the tribal ethic of the Zuni.
- a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic.
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Origin of ethic
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Contemporary Examples
The ethic of reciprocity lies at its center: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
But if boxing is to become less perilous, the ethic has to change.
The question now was where were the equivalents for the various Muslim ethic groups?
Deep faith may resonate in our position, but it is the ethic of love that forces us to prayerfully reexamine our position.
Moss to African-American Clergy: Don’t Abandon Obama Over Same-Sex MarriageOtis Moss III
May 15, 2012
Historical Examples
Ethic on its didactic side is outside his business altogether.
Introduction to the Study of HistoryCharles V. Langlois
The pathos confronts us too exclusively, not modified by any ethic principle.
History of Ancient ArtFranz von Reber
It was the ethic of a professional bowler and the religion of a banker.
At LargeArthur Christopher Benson
To others he only spoke of his ethic epistles in the "Horatian way."
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10)Alexander Pope
But this ethic had been preached centuries before His supposed advent.
God and my NeighbourRobert Blatchford
ethic
- a moral principle or set of moral values held by an individual or groupthe Puritan ethic
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- another word for ethical
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See also ethics
Word Origin
C15: from Latin ēthicus, from Greek éthikos, from ēthos custom; see ethos
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Word Origin and History for ethic
n.
late 14c., ethik "study of morals," from Old French etique (13c.), from Late Latin ethica, from Greek ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos). Meaning "a person's moral principles" is attested from 1650s.
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