Eth"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. éthique. See Ethic.] The science of human duty; the body of
rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to
a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics. The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the
ethics which the Bible has
taught. I.
Taylor.
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