ethicist

A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).

Noun

  1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
  2. A person who advocates a particular set of principles governing right and wrong conduct.

Origin

From ethics + -ist, changing /ks/ to /θ/ for ease of pronunciation and dropping the -s.

Forms

ethicists

Related

ethics bioethicist

Derived

neuroethicist virtue ethicist