Structured Summary
Abstract
The philosophy or code pertaining to what is ideal in human character and conduct. Also, the field of study dealing with the principles of morality.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Bioethical Issues
- Bioethics
- Business Ethics
- Codes of Ethics
- Complicity
- Conflict of Interest
- Double Effect Principle
- Ethical Analysis
- Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethical Relativism
- Ethical Review
- Ethical Theory
- Ethicists
- Ethics Committees
- Humanism
- Institutional Ethics
- Moral Status
- Personhood
- Principle-Based Ethics
- Professional Ethics
- Professional Misconduct
- Research Ethics
MeSH Qualifier
Used as a Subheading
Ethics is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000941), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used with techniques and activities for discussion and analysis with respect to human and social values.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000941
- Qualifier Tree
- Y25
Indexing annotation
subhead only; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; DF: /eth or /ES
Subheading synonyms
- ethical aspects
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See Also
MeSH Record
Synonyms
16 entry terms
- Egoism
- Ethical Issues
- Metaethics
- Moral Policy
- Natural Law
- Situational Ethics
- Ethical Issue
- Ethics, Situational
- Issue, Ethical
- Issues, Ethical
- Law, Natural
- Laws, Natural
- Moral Policies
- Natural Laws
- Policies, Moral
- Policy, Moral
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
2 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, history.
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Numbers
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Ethics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004989. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004989
- Ethics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
- Ethics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9465