ethicist
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- noun
- /ˈɛθɪsɪst/
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eticista
- Many organizations rely on an ethicist to guide their decision-making processes.
- ethicists and theologians
- ethicists and scientists
- ethicists and lawyers
So this would include such moral theories as those of ancient virtue ethicists like Plato and Aristotle.
- So this would include such moral theories as those of ancient virtue ethicists like Plato and Aristotle.
- And it's amazing how I've, I sort of see deontologists, virtue ethicists transform for my very eyes into utilitarians.
- You know, like an academic philosophy classes where, you know, ethicists quite often are not good people.
Examples
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So I'm just going to explain my path going from being an astronomer to a space ethicist, someone who works in space ethics.
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The Human Genome Project has challenged scientists, healthcare providers, ethicists, and society with new and challenging questions.
Academic text (2006) -
Well, now I had a new definition: an ethicist at Harvard Law School.
Fiction book (1991) -
After enough such incidents, I confronted the Ethicist in his office.
Academic text (1991) -
I also agree with the need for the ethicists around this.
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In addition, a lawyer, an ethicist, and a group facilitator are available as on-call resources.
Academic text (1993) -
The core of morality for me and I think for many, you know, ethicists, is the promotion of human flourishing.
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The time has come for engineers to embrace these questions and for policy makers, legal scholars, and ethicists to help find the answers.
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Father Jozef Tischner of Krakow became a respected ethicist for Solidarity.
Academic text (1991) -
The anthropologist and ethicist Dawn Prince-Hughes argues that the standards for personhood include self-awareness, an ability to understand complex emotions and a capacity for empathy.
Synonyms
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A person who studies ideas about life, knowledge, and values
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A person who studies and gives advice about moral questions in medicine and biology
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A person who thinks deeply about basic questions of life
A philosopher who studies what is right and wrong
A person who believes actions are right because they follow moral rules or duties
A person who thinks about the deeper meaning of things
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ethicist is built on the word ethic, which comes from the Greek ethos meaning 'character' or 'habit'. So an ethicist is a person who studies 'how people should act' and the rules of right and wrong.