ethical motive

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   motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

   Synonymsethicsmoralsmorality

   Broadermotivation

   NarrowerhedonismconscienceInner Light

Questions about ethical motive

What does ethical motive mean?

ethical motive means "motivation based on ideas of right and wrong".

What is another word for ethical motive?

Close synonyms include ethics, morals, morality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ethical motive a common word?

ethical motive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.