n. [ Cf. F. éthique. See Ethic. ] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions;
The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]