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  1. Ethics | Definition, History, Examples, Types, Philosophy, & Facts ...

    Nov 25, 2025 · ethics, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles.

  2. What is ethics? | Britannica

    Nov 25, 2025 · The term ethics may refer to the philosophical study of the concepts of moral right and wrong and moral good and bad, to any philosophical theory of what is morally right and wrong or …

  3. Understanding ethics and types | Britannica

    ethics, Branch of philosophy that seeks to determine the correct application of moral notions such as good and bad and right and wrong or a theory of the application or nature of such notions. Ethics is …

  4. Ethic Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    ethics [noncount] : an area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior : a branch of philosophy dealing with what is morally right or wrong

  5. Ethics - Ancient, Modern, Western | Britannica

    Nov 25, 2025 · Ethics - Ancient, Modern, Western: The first ethical precepts must have been passed down by word of mouth from parents and elders, but as societies learned to use the written word, …

  6. Morality | Definition, Ethics, Comparative Ethics, Ethical Relativism ...

    Nov 7, 2025 · ethics, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles.

  7. Ethics - Utilitarianism, Morality, Consequentialism | Britannica

    Nov 25, 2025 · Never before had a complete, detailed system of ethics been so consistently constructed from a single fundamental ethical principle. Bentham’s ethics began with the proposition that nature …

  8. Business ethics | Corporate Responsibility, Social Responsibility ...

    As an academic discipline, business ethics informs various practically oriented approaches to understanding and improving business behaviour and management, including corporate social …

  9. Ethics - Socrates, Morality, Virtue | Britannica

    Nov 25, 2025 · Ethics - Socrates, Morality, Virtue: Socrates, who once observed that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” must be regarded as one of the greatest teachers of ethics.

  10. Ethics - Stoic Philosophy, Virtue, Happiness | Britannica

    Nov 25, 2025 · Ethics - Stoic Philosophy, Virtue, Happiness: Stoicism originated in the views of Socrates and Plato, as modified by Zeno of Citium (c. 335–c. 263 bce) and then by Chrysippus (c. 280–206 bce).