ethicalの意味・使い方・発音

ethical

英 ['eθɪk(ə)l] 美 ['ɛθɪkl]

ethical: ethical: [17] The underlying meaning of Greek ēthos was ‘personal disposition’. It came ultimately from prehistoric Indo-European *swedh-, a compound formed from the reflexive pronoun *swe- ‘oneself’ and dhē- ‘put’ (from which English gets do). Gradually the meaning broadened out to ‘trait, character’ and then ‘custom’, or in the plural ‘manners’ or ‘morals’.

English acquired it, in the sense ‘distinctive characteristic’ (based on the usage of Aristotle), in the 19th century. The Greek derived adjective ēthikós entered English, via Latin ēthicus, as ethic in the 16th century. This had largely been replaced by ethical by the end of the 17th century, but it has survived as a noun (as in ‘the work ethic’), which actually predates the adjective in English by about two hundred years.

The plural usage ethics ‘science of morals’ dates from the beginning of the 17th century.
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ethical (adj.): c. 1600, "pertaining to morality," from ethic + -al (1). Related: Ethicality; ethically.

1. The prime minister has a blind spot on ethical issues.: この首相は道徳問題を無視している。

2.My involvement has not been altogether，shall we say， ethical .: 私の参加は完全に道徳に合っているとは言えません。

3.The consultance offers advice on ethical tax-shelters.: このコンサルティング会社は合理的な租税回避方法を教えている。

4.It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.: それは強い倫理道徳論争を引き起こす議論である。

5.I thought it was not ethical .

それは道徳に合わないと思います。