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ethic

An ethic is a rule or idea that tells you something is good or bad. The Protestant work ethic said that people should stay busy and that being lazy was of the Devil.

ethic

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group the Puritan ethic a person with old-fashioned values a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

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This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.

Movie subtitles

The work ethic, which you obviously all have.
Yes, my son, when the strong have devoured each other the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled and the meek shall inherit the earth.
And then you'll check the hot sheet and see if the vehicles were stolen, right? I'm a firm believer in the work ethic.
Today he has strong, positive values and a normal work ethic.
I see you're about to question me about Mr. Ethic Guya Hopkins.
So it'll sound like it has kind of a work ethic attached to it.
Puritan ethic goes Beverly Hills, leaving me to fend for myself.
Your father used to make you mow the lawn and take out the garbage and walk the dog and wash the car, and then you learn to appreciate the work ethic.
The puritan work ethic is fascinating to contemplate.
At any rate, I arrived in town not 10 days ago. full of dreams and aspirations, anxious to make my way in the world. a little naive perhaps. but armed with determination, work ethic. and a belief in the future.
The Russian work ethic.
You don't have any work ethic.
And I'm. sorry, but, you know, I have a work ethic, dad.
I have a very strong work ethic, you know.
He's been on staff at his current high school for the last 12 years, diligent and had a great work ethic.
And the ethic aspect?
Have you the right to order a doctor to carry out a Council order. when it conflicts with every medical ethic and moral instinct of his conscience?
A plea for the feminine ethic a demand for a space to be just that, female.
I keep trying. That's my ethic.
That's my ethic: to keep goin'. which is exactly what I should do right now.
All we need to start the day, a burglar with a work ethic.
While I, on the other hand, have always been described. as a nice, successful. slightly introverted guy who. happens to believe in the good old-fashioned Protestant work ethic.
The work ethic in America is dead and buried.
They're efficient and punctual, with a strong work ethic.
I have a problem with this American family ethic that seems to have hypnotized the country.
He's wanted for crimes including stock manipulation. illegal information gathering, political terrorism. computer ethic infringements. and is under suspicion for several other crimes.
You obviously have a work ethic that's specific to your needs.
May I ask you to raise your glasses and join me in a toast: May we remain true to this ethic principle in our life and in our work!
Ethic!
Ethic?
Or maybe they are here, but in hiding because of an ethic of non-interference with emerging civilizations.
They'll justify its policy. by talking of a work ethic. community obedience. social conformity.
They would print anything if it was related to the psychedelic experience. or the hippie ethic.
I arrived in town not ten days ago full of dreams, anxious to make my way in the world a little naive perhaps, but armed with determination a solid work ethic, and an indomitable belief in the future.
You don't have any work ethic. Take your friend, Troy, for example.
There was a real indie ethic in the eighties. that you weren't supposed to be proud of having hit records. or being a hit machine.
Is there an ethic among hackers?
I am going to apply myself, apply a work ethic.

News and current affairs

In the absence of Communist Party control, these security officers betrayed their corporate ethic and engaged in horse-trading, applying force when a trade did not go well.
It is also a rich and original literary achievement that challenges today's consumerist ethic.
Non-Western societies often espouse a communitarian ethic that sees society as more than the sum of its individual members, and considers duties to be more important than rights.
All this shows that reflection on common ethical values, a global ethic, is needed more urgently now than ever before.
Although some Americans always like to boast about their superior work ethic, this disparity in working hours between the US and Europe has not always existed.
The ethic of public service is being replaced by contracts and financial incentives.
It has impressive universities and a high education level, well- managed global companies, and a strong work ethic.
Indeed, my teenage son has been idolizing Lin's skills and work ethic ever since Lin starred on the Harvard team.
But the Union's regulatory authority is likely to be accepted by the accession countries only if it remains tied to the redistributionist ethic at the heart of the EU's social model.
Regional governments have also been toughened up by the Chung-hua, Inc. ethic.
But they dare not overrun the open, commercial ethic of China's region-states--the source of their country's prosperity.
Indeed, these Asian principles can serve as a part of an emerging common global ethic.
What they shared is a paradoxical ethic common to all intellectuals: the end cause of truth justifies whatever means happens to be at your disposal.
Such an ethic is abhorrent in today's world, where knowledge is parceled out to academic disciplines like bits of real estate.
One can behave in such a manner, many Europeans outside of Scandinavia say, only if one has been raised according to the Protestant ethic.
Democratic societies, in their tremendous diversity, are powered by many different engines of commitment to a common ethic.
Historically, the political ethic of confessional societies has been grounded in a single, basic foundation.
We face a challenge that is unprecedented in human history: creation of a powerful political ethic of solidarity self-consciously grounded on the presence and acceptance of very different views.

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