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Integrous vs Ethical - What's the difference?

integrous | ethical |

As adjectives the difference between integrous and ethical

is that integrous is (rare) having or characterized by integrity while ethical is (philosophy|not comparable) of or relating to the study of ethics.

As a noun ethical is

an ethical drug.

integrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
  • * 1899 , Arthur Christopher Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury , page 435 (Macmillan)
    • No doubt hard, no doubt proud, unpleasant in self-esteem, and singularly blind to much of what was going on, and yet such a high-minded and integrous woman, […]
  • * 1968 , Joseph Frank, Hobbled Pegasus: A Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 , page 221 (University of New Mexico Press)
    • And Smiths of Policie shall invent,
    To cast new Molds of Government;
    While vulgar Birds, of weakest wing,
    Grow stout against the Eagle King,
    Whose just integrous heart shall prove
    The Adamant of Subjects love.
  • * 2007 , Tanya Levin, People in Glass Houses: An Insider’s Story of a Life in and Out of Hillsong , pages 266–267] ([http://www.blackincbooks.com/blinc/home/ Black Inc.; ISBN 1863954147, 978-1863954143)
    • He concluded by writing that ‘Hillsong is the most integrous church in the country, and its leadership is above reproach’.

    Usage notes

    * In common usage, integrity is much more common than its adjectival form, .

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    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.

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