Ĕth'ics, n. sing.

n. sing. [Fr. éthique. See supra.] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerning duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor.