ethischer

Ethischer is the inflected form of the German adjective ethisch, meaning ethical or moral. It is used to describe people, actions, norms, or policies in terms of ethical considerations. As an attributive adjective, it changes endings according to gender, number, and case. For example: ein ethischer Grundsatz (masculine, nominative, indefinite article), der ethische Grundsatz (masculine, nominative, definite article), eine ethische Norm (feminine), das ethische Prinzip (neuter).

The comparative and superlative forms follow normal German adjective declension: ethischer is the positive form in some contexts, while the comparative is ethischere and the superlative am ethischsten or der/am ethischsten, depending on case and article. In noun phrases you will also see feminine and plural forms such as eine ethische Norm, die ethischen Normen, or ethische Grundsätze.

In use, ethischer appears across fields that discuss value judgments and standards, including philosophy, law, medicine, business, and technology. It typically appears in phrases like ethische Richtlinien, ethische Prinzipien, or ethische Überlegungen, signaling considerations of right and wrong, duty, or moral implications.

Related terms include Ethik, the discipline concerned with the study of morality and values; Ethiker, the person who specializes in ethics; and Moral, a broader concept often used interchangeably in everyday language but with distinct scholarly nuances.

Etymology traces ethisch to Ethik, borrowed into German from Greek ethos via Latin and other European languages. The term is widely used in German to denote something that conforms to or concerns ethical standards.