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# ethical

adjective (ethical, more ethical, most ethical)

«ethical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ethical means morally right, fair and honest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#m1)
2. Ethical means about right and wrong, as in "an ethical question". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#m2)
3. Ethical shopping means buying things made fairly, without harming workers, animals or nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#m3)

### In the lessons

In ethics lessons pupils decide if an action is ethical: is it fair, honest, kind, and what are the consequences? Adults talk about ethical businesses, ethical banks and fair-trade chocolate. Phrases: an ethical choice, an ethical problem, ethical shopping, it's not ethical to…

### Examples

- Is it ethical to keep the extra change the shop gave you? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x1)
- The class debated an ethical question about animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x2)
- We buy fair-trade bananas because they're more ethical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x3)
- Copying a friend's homework isn't ethical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x4)
- The doctor faced a hard ethical decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x5)
- Our school tries to run an ethical tuck shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/#x6)

### Note

Adverb ethically; opposite unethical. Noun ethics. Note: ethical (right and wrong) is different from "ethnic" (about cultures and peoples).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ethical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ethical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ethical.html) on Mova free.