An ethos is an ethical concept. The word is used to describe both broad generic concepts and personal ethics. An ethos involves values, beliefs, practices and usually moral perspectives. (Note: In modern usage, the word of ethos is also used (inefficiently, unhelpfully and often inaccurately) to describe the process of persuasive logic through use of rhetoric. The idea is that oratorical rhetoric establishes an 'artificial ethos'. The use of the term is actually derived from the basic meaning of the word ethos and references to writings of Aristotle referring to this process. This usage doesn't exactly help people to understand the true meaning of the word ethos.) |
An actual ethos can be described as a ethical code of behavior and applications of ethical principles.
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Please note: Terms like ethos and morals aren't necessarily interchangeable.
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