A position in normative ethics, stating that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest.

plural of ethical investment

plural of ethical system

Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.

(ethics) A branch of ethics concerned with classifying actions as right and wrong, attempting to develop a set of rules governing human conduct, or a set of norms for action.

(ethics) The study of people's beliefs about morality, in contrast to normative ethics and metaethics.

plural of work ethic

Alternative form of Protestant work ethic

(ethics) The golden rule used by philosophers.

The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties. / The tendency to work hard at one's job or duties.