Ethical
adjective
Related to morals, what is right and wrong.
It's important for a doctor to make ethical decisions when treating patients.
Often appears as...
- ethical decision
- ethical issue
adjective
Related to a particular set of morals or principles, often in a professional context.
There are strict ethical standards in journalism.
Often appears as...
- ethical standards
- ethical guidelines
adjective
Related to the study of morals and values.
She studies ethical theories in her philosophy class.
Often appears as...
- ethical theories
- ethical philosophy
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Academic
adjective
Related to morals, what is right and wrong.
It's important for a doctor to make ethical decisions when treating patients.
Often appears as...
- ethical decision
- ethical issue
adjective
Related to a particular set of morals or principles, often in a professional context.
There are strict ethical standards in journalism.
Often appears as...
- ethical standards
- ethical guidelines
adjective
Related to the study of morals and values.
She studies ethical theories in her philosophy class.
Often appears as...
- ethical theories
- ethical philosophy
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Consider the situation to decide if 'ethical' implies legal, professional, or personal morality.
The lawyer questioned the ethical implications of the case.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
'Ethical' can vary by culture; what's ethical in one society may not be in another.
Her ethical views were influenced by her cultural background.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Beliefs
Remember that 'ethical' can refer to individual beliefs, not just wider social norms.
He made an ethical choice that reflected his personal values.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Consider the situation to decide if 'ethical' implies legal, professional, or personal morality.
The lawyer questioned the ethical implications of the case.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
'Ethical' can vary by culture; what's ethical in one society may not be in another.
Her ethical views were influenced by her cultural background.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Beliefs
Remember that 'ethical' can refer to individual beliefs, not just wider social norms.
He made an ethical choice that reflected his personal values.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Consider the situation to decide if 'ethical' implies legal, professional, or personal morality.
The lawyer questioned the ethical implications of the case.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
'Ethical' can vary by culture; what's ethical in one society may not be in another.
Her ethical views were influenced by her cultural background.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Beliefs
Remember that 'ethical' can refer to individual beliefs, not just wider social norms.
He made an ethical choice that reflected his personal values.
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The myth of Prometheus -...
and remains relevant to the ethical questions surrounding science and technology today. As hero, rebel, or trickster, Prometheus remains a symbol of our capacity to capture the powers of nature, and ultimately, he reminds us of the potential of individual acts to ignite the world.
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Would you sacrifice one...
They argue that it doesn't reveal anything because its premise is so unrealistic that study participants don't take it seriously. But new technology is making this kind of ethical analysis more important than ever. For example, driver-less cars may have to handle choices
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
a breeding pair or territorial pair because the caller here is louder or it's more incessant than them and you can completely affect their life so it's very important to be ethical when it comes to playing calls play it once see if there's a response leave it if you're
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Science can answer moral...
are a certain kind of fact okay they are facts about the well-being of conscious creatures why is it that we don't have ethical obligations toward rocks why don't we feel compassion for rocks so because we don't think rocks can suffer and if we're more concerned about
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Eating Gorillas PIPE Ape...
Parliament calling for action the cause has been taken up by the conservation world's leading figures eating chimpanzees and gorillas make no moral ethical or conservation sense we are largely they they are largely us I think isn't Kenyan and hundreds and thousands
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Why does the universe...
It's not an elegant universe. And then there's the best of all possible worlds in an ethical sense. You should get solemn now, because a world in which sentient beings don't suffer needlessly, in which there aren't things like
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Who was Confucius? -...
by virtue of his ethical charisma. Confucius also believed that because the love and respect we learn in the family are fundamental to all other virtues, personal duties to family sometimes supersede obligations to the state.
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How can education foster...
affecting the lives of millions we have done this by implementing a multidisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking and ethical values that encourages broad perspectives and that makes room for
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The immortal cells of...
he sent samples to labs all over the world. Soon the world's first cell production facility was churning out 6 trillion HeLa cells a week, and scientists put them to work in an ethically problematic way,
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Everything you need to...
and pour a torrent of light onto our dark world." Although he accomplishes something awe-inspiring, he has played with fire at his own ethical expense. And that decision echoes throughout the novel,
Video examples
The myth of Prometheus -...
and remains relevant to the ethical questions surrounding science and technology today. As hero, rebel, or trickster, Prometheus remains a symbol of our capacity to capture the powers of nature, and ultimately, he reminds us of the potential of individual acts to ignite the world.
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
They argue that it doesn't reveal anything because its premise is so unrealistic that study participants don't take it seriously. But new technology is making this kind of ethical analysis more important than ever. For example, driver-less cars may have to handle choices
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
a breeding pair or territorial pair because the caller here is louder or it's more incessant than them and you can completely affect their life so it's very important to be ethical when it comes to playing calls play it once see if there's a response leave it if you're
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
are a certain kind of fact okay they are facts about the well-being of conscious creatures why is it that we don't have ethical obligations toward rocks why don't we feel compassion for rocks so because we don't think rocks can suffer and if we're more concerned about
Video examples
Eating Gorillas PIPE Ape...
Parliament calling for action the cause has been taken up by the conservation world's leading figures eating chimpanzees and gorillas make no moral ethical or conservation sense we are largely they they are largely us I think isn't Kenyan and hundreds and thousands
Video examples
Why does the universe...
It's not an elegant universe. And then there's the best of all possible worlds in an ethical sense. You should get solemn now, because a world in which sentient beings don't suffer needlessly, in which there aren't things like
Video examples
Who was Confucius? -...
by virtue of his ethical charisma. Confucius also believed that because the love and respect we learn in the family are fundamental to all other virtues, personal duties to family sometimes supersede obligations to the state.
Video examples
How can education foster...
affecting the lives of millions we have done this by implementing a multidisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking and ethical values that encourages broad perspectives and that makes room for
Video examples
The immortal cells of...
he sent samples to labs all over the world. Soon the world's first cell production facility was churning out 6 trillion HeLa cells a week, and scientists put them to work in an ethically problematic way,
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and pour a torrent of light onto our dark world." Although he accomplishes something awe-inspiring, he has played with fire at his own ethical expense. And that decision echoes throughout the novel,
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Quote examples
Zadie Smith
British Novelist
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off the planet. We need to have limiters on how far we allow ourselves to go - ethical, moral limiters.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Dataism is a new ethical system that says, yes, humans were special and important because up until now they were the most sophisticated data processing system in the universe, but this is no longer the case.
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Jane Mayer
American Journalist
And I think that what is of concern is that they seem to be bringing skills from the scientific world into the interrogation room in a way that begs a lot of questions about whether it's ethical.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
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Sergey Brin
American Businessman
Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.
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Henry Kravis
American Businessman
If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.
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Omar N. Bradley
American General
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?
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Eric Schlosser
American Journalist
By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off the planet. We need to have limiters on how far we allow ourselves to go - ethical, moral limiters.
Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Dataism is a new ethical system that says, yes, humans were special and important because up until now they were the most sophisticated data processing system in the universe, but this is no longer the case.
Quote examples
Jane Mayer
American Journalist
And I think that what is of concern is that they seem to be bringing skills from the scientific world into the interrogation room in a way that begs a lot of questions about whether it's ethical.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
Quote examples
Sergey Brin
American Businessman
Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.
Quote examples
Henry Kravis
American Businessman
If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.
Quote examples
Omar N. Bradley
American General
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
Quote examples
Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?
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Eric Schlosser
American Journalist
By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.
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