Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ethics \Eth"ics\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]thique. See {Ethic}.]
   The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn
   from this science; a particular system of principles and
   rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of
   practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as,
   political or social ethics; medical ethics.

         The completeness and consistency of its morality is the
         peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has
         taught.                                  --I. Taylor.

Source : WordNet®

ethics
     n 1: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong [syn: {ethical
          motive}, {morals}, {morality}]
     2: the philosophical study of moral values and rules [syn: {moral
        philosophy}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ethics
     
        {computer ethics}