ethicless
adjEtymology From ethic + -less.
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Without ethics.
- They believe that people, rather than being dominated by what critics of capitalism described as ethicless self-interest and gain, should be characterized by a strong sense of "brotherly love" in their day-to-day relations.1976, Martin Abraham Abrahamsen, Cooperative business enterprise:
- The tools themselves are ethicless just as a scalpel can be used to heal or to harm. People have ethics.2005, Christopher Howard, Turning passions into profits: three steps to wealth and power:
- Derived terms
- ethiclessness