ethical system

English

Noun

ethical system (plural ethical systems)

1. (ethics) A particular set of consistent ethical principles.
   • 1913, “Altruism”, in Catholic Encyclopedia:

     The main defects of Comte's ethical system are those that are common to all forms of Eudaemonism: its norm of morality is relative and contingent; it possesses no principles by which the quality of its subject-matter, social happiness, may be defined; its imperative imposes no moral obligation.

Synonyms

• moral system