set of moral issues or aspects (as rightness) debated the ethics of human cloning
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group
complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual
the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation
set of moral principles a theory or system of moral values the present-day materialistic ethic an old-fashioned work ethic often used in plural but singular or plural in construction an elaborate ethics Christian ethics
guiding philosophy
consciousness of moral importance forge a conservation ethic