- 1ethics [plural] moral principles that control or influence a person's behavior professional/business/medical ethics to draw up a code of ethics He began to question the ethics of his position.
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- 2[singular] a system of moral principles or rules of behavior a strongly defined work ethic the Protestant ethic
- 3ethics [uncountable] the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles
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