Ethical system

Synonyms for "ethical system" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(4 words)
code-basedcultural normethicsethics rubric
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (9)

ethosmoral climate
Adjective(7 words)
honesthonorablejustmoralmoral codemoral decision toolmoral evaluation framework

Related words (16)

Adjective(11 words)
moral frameworkmoral traditionprincipledproperregulatedrightrule-basedstandards-baseduprightvalue standardvalue system

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
codes of conductcultural valueethical theorymoral behaviormoral choicemoral conceptmoral frameworkmoral philosophynormative evaluationnormative ideanormative systemsocial normsstandards

More specific

19 entries
code of conductcode of ethicsconduct codeconduct guidelineconscientiousethical directiveethical doctrineethical guidelineethical guidelinesethical standardethics rubrichonest conductmoral codemoral guidelinemoral reasoning toolprincipled

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Collocations

12 entries
code of ethicsethical behaviorethical conductethical dilemmaethical frameworkethical guidelinesethical principlesethical standardsmoral codemoral philosophystandards of conductvalue system

Inflections

3 entries
ethical systemsmore ethicalmost ethical

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The main defects of Comte's ethical system are those that are common to all forms of Eudaemonism: its norm of morality is relative and contingent; it possesses no principles by which the quality of its subject-matter, social happiness, may be defined; its imperative imposes no moral obligation.

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