ethical question

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandquestion

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ethical
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofethicalandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethical question

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Nonprofit hospitals are the crux of thisethicalquestion.
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The extent to which it should be enabled, if at all, is a separateethicalquestion.
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And the distinctiveethicalquestionis whether such a fact obtains.
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We should note however that this deep truth raises an importantethicalquestion.
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In this specific case the relevantethicalquestioncan be succinctly posed.
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Theethicalquestionis not how human beings should live, but how someone in my position should live.
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This is a moral andethicalquestion.
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Secondly, there is theethicalquestion.
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I do not want to enter into theethicalquestion.
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This raises anethicalquestionthat researchers have to confront, about the collection or ' mining ' of data from disadvantaged and over-exploited subjects.
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Traditional theory sought to be a logic of discovery and to lead us a priori to the right answer to anyethicalquestion.
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There is an importantethicalquestionover the care of patients who, by nature of their dementing illness, have no insight into their condition.
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Oneethicalquestionthat could mistakenly be seen as solely methodological, or epistemological, is whether modernization theorists knew what they were talking about.
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Theethicalquestionthen becomes at what stage are such experiments acceptable, a question which is perhaps best answered by others rather than the toxicologists involved.
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That is a difficult,ethicalquestionwhich must be handled with great sensitivity.
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I am not going into theethicalquestionof a non-contributory or a contributory scheme.
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Such a political decision should also pay heed to theethicalquestion.
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In my view, it is anethicalquestionand it belongs here.
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Theethicalquestionof their benefit is, like their handling, an important task for educational policy.
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The paper deals with the fundamentalethicalquestionof our human species.
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No win, no fee raises many issues of great importance, not least of which is theethicalquestion.
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My noble friend also referred in general to the whole question, including theethicalquestion, of intensive units.
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Theethicalquestionwhich underlines this is: have we the right to do what we like with our own bodies?
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We have reached a stage where the fundamentalethicalquestionhas to be asked, what is a normal human being?
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