ethics

US /ˈeθ·ɪks/
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Ethik

moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

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medical ethics also enter into the question
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Ethik

the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.

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neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion
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