Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ETH'ICS
ETH'IC-AL-LYE'THI-OP, or E-THI-O'PI-AN
ETH'ICS, n.
- The doctrines of morality or social manners; the science of moral philosophy, which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it. Paley. Encyc.
- A system of moral principles; a system of rules for regulating the actions and manners of men in society.
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