(adj) conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; ; ; ; ; - Omar N. Bradley, Ant. unethical, Example:an ethical lawyer; ethical medical practice; an ethical problem; had no ethical objection to drinking; Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants
(adj) adhering to ethical and moral principles, Syn. honourable, honorable, Example:it seems ethical and right; followed the only honorable course of action
(adv) in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics, Ant. unethically, Example:he behaved ethically; this is ethically unacceptable
{ } a. [ L. ethicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to &unr_; custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh&unr_;, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh&unr_; to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do. ] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do? [ 1913 Webster ]
[どうがく, dougaku] (n) (1) ethics; moral philosophy; (2) (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (3) (the study of) Taoism; (4) (See 石門心学) Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)