Ethics vs Undefined - 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.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun ethics
is (philosophy) the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.ethics
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(wikipedia ethics)Noun
(-)Usage notes
* 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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Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .