1 [notbeforenoun] connected with beliefs and principles about what is right and wrong:
ethical issues / standards / questions * the ethical problems of human embryo research
2 morally correct or acceptable:
Is it ethical to promote cigarettes through advertising? * ethical investment (= investing money in businesses that are considered morally acceptable)
ethically adverb:
The committee judged that he had not behaved ethically. * Doctors felt ethically obliged to continue the treatment.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is ethical a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ethical is tagged as adjective.
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