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Ethical vs Ethicalness - What's the difference?

ethical | ethicalness |

As nouns the difference between ethical and ethicalness

is that ethical is an ethical drug while ethicalness is (rare) the state or quality of being ethical.

As an adjective ethical

is (philosophy|not comparable) of or relating to the study of ethics.

ethical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.
    • The philosopher Kant is particularly known for his ethical writings.
  • (not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
    • All employees must familiarize themselves with our ethical guidelines.
  • (comparable) Morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good.
    • We are trying to decide what the most ethical course of action would be.
  • (of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
    • In most jurisdictions, morphine is classified as an ethical drug.

    Usage notes

    * In general usage ethical'' is used to describe standards of behavior between individuals, while ''moral'' or ''immoral can describe any behavior. You can call lying unethical or immoral, for example, because it involves the behavior of one person and how it affects another, but violating dietary prohibitions in a holy text can only be described as immoral.

    Derived terms

    * ethical investment * ethical system * meta-ethical * (morally approvable) unethical

    Related terms

    * ethic * ethics * ethos

    See also

    * ethical dative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ethical drug.

    • External links

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    Anagrams

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    ethicalness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
  • *1964 , , "Definition of a Moral Judgment," Philosophy , vol. 39, no. 150, p. 306,
  • *:Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness .

    • Synonyms

    *ethicality

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.