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ethicist

American  
[eth-uh-sist] / ˈɛθ ə sɪst /
Also ethician

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of ethicist

First recorded in 1890–95; ethic + -ist


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“Precedent-setting,” declared one internet ethicist, and he didn’t mean it as a compliment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I guess one gets used to not being held accountable and turning one’s bad practices into marketing material,” noted Timnit Gebru, an AI ethicist and critic of companies that are anthropomorphizing AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

“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 ● Apr. 23, 2025

I can tell you why I hack," said the sole German representative at the table who spoke impeccable English with a thick accent "I am a professional ethicist.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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