noun
the philosophical study of moral values and rules
• Syn: ↑ethics
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ethical (for: ↑ethics), ↑ethicist (for: ↑ethics), ↑ethician (for: ↑ethics)
• Members of this Topic: ↑egoism, ↑descriptivism, ↑prescriptivism
• Hypernyms: ↑philosophy
• Hyponyms: ↑bioethics, ↑casuistry, ↑eudemonism, ↑endaemonism, ↑hedonism
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the branch of philosophy concerned with moral principles that control or influence a person's behaviour
Useful english dictionary. 2012.