| NOUN | motive | ethics, ethical motive, morals, morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
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| cognition | ethics, moral philosophy | the philosophical study of moral values and rules |
| Sounds | eh'thihks | |
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| Rhymes | acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks... | |
| Meaning | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong. | |
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| Synonyms | ethical motive, morals, morality | |
| Narrower | Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within | A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul |
| conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | |
| hedonism | The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle | |
| Broader | motivation, motive, need | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
| Spanish | ética, moralidad, moral | |
| Catalan | ètica, moralitat, moral | |
| Adjectives | ethical | conforming to accepted standards / standards of social or professional behavior |
| ethical | adhering to ethical and moral ... / moral principles | |
| Nouns | ethicist, ethician | a philosopher who specializes in ethics |
| Meaning | The philosophical study of moral values and rules. | |
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| Synonym | moral philosophy | |
| Category of | descriptivism | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value |
| egoism | (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality | |
| prescriptivism | (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | |
| Narrower | bioethics | The branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences |
| casuistry | moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | |
| eudemonism, endaemonism | An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason | |
| hedonism | An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | |
| Broader | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| Spanish | ética | |
| Catalan | ètica | |
| Adjectives | ethical | of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics |
| Nouns | ethicist, ethician | a philosopher who specializes in ethics |
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