ethics

branch of philosophy that systematizes, defends, and recommends concepts of right and wrong conduct
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ethics

Summary

ethics is a branch of philosophy[1]. ethics ranks in the top 6% of branch_of_philosophy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,907 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethics's instance of is recorded as branch of philosophy[3].
  • ethics's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • ethics's instance of is recorded as core branches of philosophy[5].
  • ethics is a type of philosophy[6].
  • ethics's Commons category is recorded as Ethics[7].
  • ethics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ethics[8].
  • ethics's main subject is behavior[9].
  • ethics's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Ethics[10].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[11].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[14].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • ethics's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[20].
  • ethics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ethics[21].
  • ethics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ethics sidebar[22].
  • ethics's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/ethics[23].
  • ethics's different from is recorded as ethology[24].
  • ethics's history of topic is recorded as history of ethics[25].
  • ethics's practiced by is recorded as ethicist[26].
  • ethics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[27].

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Subject and Themes

ethics's main subject is behavior[9].

Why It Matters

ethics ranks in the top 6% of branch_of_philosophy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,907 views/month).[2] ethics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ethics is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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