ethical system
noun1
Ethics, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences A particular set of consistent ethical principles.
- 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.1913, “Altruism”, in Catholic Encyclopedia:
- Synonyms
- moral system