ethicist

American  

[eth-uh-sist] / ˈɛθ ə sɪst /

Also ethician

noun

1. a person who specializes in or writes on ethics ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.

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Etymology

Origin of ethicist

First recorded in 1890–95; ethic + -ist

Example Sentences

Dr John Appleby, a medical ethicist at Lancaster University, said the implications of using sperm so widely was a "vast" ethical minefield.

From BBC

Dr. Dugdale is a physician and ethicist at Columbia University and the author of “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“It raises questions about who has leverage over public institutions when private dollars intervene,” one ethicist told reporters.

From Salon

Some, inspired by technologists and ethicists like Sebo — who will advocate for an expansive moral circle that includes sentient AI — are likely to argue that consciousness, wherever it arises, deserves moral respect.

From Salon

“Then, I just flopped back down on my back and experienced this overwhelming feeling of absolute bliss,” Leier, an ethicist at the University of Alberta in Canada, told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon