Ethical rule

	Reference/Meaning	Formula
#1	A formal statement of duty that seeks to govern the social conduct of individual members of a community. To be used widely, it must be determined by a primal authority.	PH"6
#2	The ethical authority ensuring that constraints defined by recognizable authorities can become binding obligations on all.	sPH"6-G1
#3	The characteristic feature of natural moral institutions.	PH"4
#4	Ethical authorities, being constituted out of ethical rules, are often referred to loosely as rules: cf. ethical principles, ethical positions, ethical standards and ethical imperatives.	sPH"6
#5	See: legitimist approach.	PH'6-L6

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Last updated: 15-Jan-2014

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