- ethics[plural]
moral principles that control or influence a person’s behaviour 道德准则；伦理标准 professional/business/medical ethics 职业／商业道德；医德 to draw up a code of ethics 拟定一份道德规范 He began to question the ethics of his position. 他开始对他的立场是否符合道德准则提出质疑。
- [singular]
a system of moral principles or rules of behaviour 道德体系；行为准则 The ethic of personal achievement is very strong in western societies. 个人成就的道德观在西方社会非常强烈。
- ethics[uncountable]
the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles 伦理学；道德学
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’.