Ethics (also known as moral philosophy) is the branch of philosophy which addresses questions of morality. The word ethics is commonly used interchangeably with 'morality,' and sometimes it is used more narrowly to mean the moral principles of a particular tradition, group, or individual..
Top Definition. wanker. While to wank  means to masturbate, the term wanker is seldom if ever used in British slang to denote one who wanks. It is quite wrong to infer from somebody's being a wanker that they in fact wank (and vice versa), but of course, fair to assume they do in any case.
In the United States, the term is understood, but rarely used, and then more in a way suggesting the target is an idiot. Related are terms such as wanker's colic, for an undiagnosed visceral pain, and wanker's doom, for excessive masturbation, from slang used in the RAF and British prisons since the 1920s.