ethical living
Morally guided lifestyle
Ethical living is a lifestyle guided by moral principles—making choices about consumption, work, and daily habits based on their impact on others, animals, or the environment.
It might mean buying fair-trade products, reducing waste, or avoiding companies with exploitative practices: She's committed to ethical living, so she only buys secondhand clothes.
The specific principles vary by person.
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- cruelty freeNo animal testing involved
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- simplicityLack of complexity
mindfulness · spirituality · integrity · walk the talk · renewable energy · social justice · human dignity · transparency · accountability · circular economy · human rights · carbon footprint · carbon neutral · off the grid · zero waste · second hand · activism · give back
- lifestylescity life, family life, minimalism, rural life, single life
- wisdomwisdom, sagacity, sapience, discernment, insight
- moral educationmoral education, moral instruction, character education, moral development, moral lessons
- religious ethicsdivine command, moral law, divine law, love thy neighbor, sacred law
- Philosophy practicesmeditation, contemplation, Socratic method, self-examination, reflection
- Buddhist ethicsright action, moral conduct, ahimsa, precepts, merit
ethical livingvice
Bad habit or deputy
moral bankruptcy · wickedness · depravity · moral corruption · corruption
ethical livingconsumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
overconsumption · conspicuous consumption · fast fashion · throwaway culture · planned obsolescence
ethical livingpath of least resistance
Course requiring least effort
willful ignorance · apathy · unexamined life · opportunism · complacency