ethical

«ethical» in Mova's school dictionary: morally right, fair and honest — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (ethical, more ethical, most ethical)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ethical means morally right, fair and honest. tree →

2) Ethical means about right and wrong, as in "an ethical question". tree →

3) Ethical shopping means buying things made fairly, without harming workers, animals or nature. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics lessons pupils decide if an action is ethical: is it fair, honest, kind, and what are the consequences? Adults talk about ethical businesses, ethical banks and fair-trade chocolate. Phrases: an ethical choice, an ethical problem, ethical shopping, it's not ethical to…

examples

• Is it ethical to keep the extra change the shop gave you? tree →
• The class debated an ethical question about animals. tree →
• We buy fair-trade bananas because they're more ethical. tree →
• Copying a friend's homework isn't ethical. tree →
• The doctor faced a hard ethical decision. tree →
• Our school tries to run an ethical tuck shop. tree →

note

Adverb ethically; opposite unethical. Noun ethics. Note: ethical (right and wrong) is different from "ethnic" (about cultures and peoples).

In the corpora

• The ethical question should be put in one clear sentence, because clear questions lead to clear answers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ethical» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.