Ethics vs Politics - What's the difference?
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(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
Morality.
The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
* 1996 , Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics , pages ix-x:
(countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
(countable) One's political stands and opinions.
(uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.
As a noun ethics
is (philosophy) the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.As an adjective politics is
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(wikipedia ethics)Noun
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* Although the terms ethics'' and ''morality'' may sometimes be used interchangeably, philosophical ethicists often distinguish them, using ''ethics'' to refer to theories and conceptual studies relating to good and evil and right and wrong, and using ''morality'' and its related terms to refer to actual, real-world beliefs and practices concerning proper conduct. In this vein, the American philosopher , ed., ''The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard , Library of Living Philosophers, ISBN 0875483496, "Autobiography", p. 85. * In particular, 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 would be described as immoral.Synonyms
* moral philosophyDerived terms
* applied ethics * bioethics * business ethics * comparative ethics * descriptive ethics * environmental ethics * ethicist * medical ethics * metaethics * normative ethics * situational ethicsSee also
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(wikipedia politics)Noun
- There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics .
- ''He made a career out of politics .
- Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
- There's too much politics in this organization.