ethicality

American  

[eth-i-kal-i-tee] / ɛθ ɪˈkæl ɪ ti /

Sometimes ethicalness

noun

1. the state or quality of being moral, in accordance with the standards of right and wrong.

   It is difficult to consider a company truly moral if it is only pursuing ethicality for reasons of self-interest.

2. the state or quality of being in accordance with standards for right conduct or practice, especially professional standards.

   The article provides a useful checklist with which researchers can evaluate the ethicality of their research designs and procedures.

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Other Word Forms

• nonethicalness noun

Etymology

Origin of ethicality

ethical ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

Example Sentences

One thing on which I rely, though, is on the professionalism, ethicality and decency of our armed forces.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2018

Individual ethicality had obsessed Swartz for years, and as he aged, it became perhaps his chief concern.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2016

Table to Farm: Frittata Edition 's show about the ethicality of eating eggs and the practicality of keeping chickens, with special guest Peter Singer.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2013

Much of his fiction has explored Jewish "ethicality," which he defines as "how Jews felt they had to live in order to go on living."

From Time Magazine Archive