ethics

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From Time Magazine Archive

ETHICS, the name generally given to the science of moral philosophy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

ETHICS, or Morality, is a department of Practice; and, as with other practical departments, is defined by its End.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY.—Under this head may be grouped the names of Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

The most considerable under this head is ETHICS, which is the seeking out those rules and measures of human actions, which lead to happiness, and the means to practise them.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by Locke, John