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Human being, self, and practice

Ethics

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Extended note

Ethics concerns not only intention or rule but how reasons, action, and consequence hold together. Philosophical ethics is not automatically a legal conclusion.

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Limitations

Not the same as

  • law alone
  • good intention
  • personal taste
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Related terms

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Methodological relevance

Audit distinguishes fact, value, norm, law, decision, and actual effect.

Sources and principal occurrence

Source note: DET SOM ER develops ethics as practice; T8 specifies levels and limits.

  1. DET SOM ERThe foundational work and primary source.
  2. T8 — World, Society and PracticeThe sustained theory document on value, norm, responsibility, harm, protection, practice, effect, and foundational shift.
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Correct and incorrect use

Correct use

“The ethical assessment includes rights, the measure, and actual consequences.”

Incorrect or over-strong use

“The measure is lawful and therefore ethically right in every sense.”

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Suggested citation

Suggested citationVikesland, M. A. A. (2026). “Ethics”. Røyndalism — Lexicon, content version 1.0.

APAVikesland, M. A. A. (2026). Ethics (version 1.0). Røyndalism. https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/ethics/

MLAVikesland, Martin A. A.. “Ethics.” Røyndalism, version 1.0, Vikesland Press, 2026, https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/ethics/.

ChicagoVikesland, Martin A. A.. “Ethics.” Røyndalism. version 1.0. Vikesland Press, 2026. https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/ethics/.

IEEEM. A. A. Vikesland, “Ethics,” Røyndalism, version 1.0, Vikesland Press, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/ethics/

CSEVikesland MAA. 2026. Ethics. version 1.0. Røyndalism. Vikesland Press. Available from: https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/ethics/

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Revision note

Document version
1.0
First published
18 June 2026
1.0

First public edition.