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What does ethics mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ethics? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
  2. Morality.
  3. The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
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The ethics and interests of film producers and film archivists are sometimes in opposition.
I wondered about the ethics of dissecting a donated body for general interest rather than specialist research.
A number of new books have begun to question the ethics of marketing beauty products and services to adults too.
And Labor, in truth, is responsible for the diabolical state of ethics in Australia's radio and commercial television media.
The logical positivists who dealt with ethics put forward a view called emotivism.
An interesting choice of venue has been announced for the first European symposium devoted to ethics in gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy.

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