ethical principles
Standards of conduct
Ethical principles are fundamental standards that guide judgments about right and wrong conduct.
They provide a framework for moral decision-making—concepts like honesty, fairness, respect for persons, and doing no harm.
The study raised questions about ethical principles in medical research.
Unlike rules, which prescribe specific actions, principles offer broader guidance that must be applied to particular situations.
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- right and wrongEthical distinction
bioethics · informed consent · prima facie duties · medical confidentiality · utilitarianism · greater good · deontology · cultural relativism · compassion · do no harm · fair play · human dignity · moral reasoning · indigenous wisdom · moral philosophy · morals · consequentialism · conduct
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
- Christian ethicsChristian morality, Christian values, divine law, Christian virtues, natural law
- Ethics Termsmoral reasoning, moral philosophy, casuistry, teleology, utilitarianism
- legal ethicsattorney-client privilege, professional conduct, privilege, pro bono, ethical conduct
ethical principlesimmorality
Quality of being wicked
depravity · wickedness · vice · unethical conduct · corruption
ethical principlesexpedience
Practical self-interest
opportunism · amorality · self-interest · greed · ruthlessness
ethical principlesmoral relativism
Values vary by context
nihilism · situational ethics · realpolitik · cynicism · lawlessness