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psychoethics

psychoethics noun: a branch of ethics that takes into account psychological considerations or perspectives.

Noun

psychoethics (uncountable)

  1. A branch of ethics that takes into account psychological considerations or perspectives.
    • In contrast to the psychoethics of mediaeval Catholicism is the system of psychological and theological beliefs at the heart of Islam.1981, Paul Heelas, Andrew Lock, Indigenous Psychologies: The Anthropology of the Self, page 91
    • Psychoethics is also seen as a guide in identifying problems with disciplines from the eagle's point of a metaperspective and in the interest of helping in decision making.1994, Mary Lou Rubert, Psychoethics, America's Perestroika, page 5

Origin of psychoethics

From psycho- + ethics.

Questions about psychoethics

What does psychoethics mean?
Psychoethics means a branch of ethics that takes into account psychological considerations or perspectives.
What part of speech is psychoethics?
Psychoethics is a noun.

Words near psychoethics in the dictionary

  1. psychoenergetic
  2. psychoenergetically
  3. psychoenergetics
  4. psychoerotic
  5. psychoethical
  6. psychoethics
  7. psychofunctionalism
  8. psychofunctionalist
  9. psychogalvanic
  10. psychogalvanism
  11. psychogalvanometer

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