English edit

Etymology edit

ethical +‎ -ness

Noun edit

ethicalness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
    • 1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306:
      Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.

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References edit

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.