The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy states that 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..
[ 2 syll. ba-si-le, bas-ile ] The baby boy name Basile is pronounced as B AA SAHL â . Basile is used chiefly in the French language and its origin is Old Greek. Basile is a variant of the name Basil (Arabic, Czech, English, French, and German).
Basilosaurus (king lizard) is a genus of prehistoric cetacean that existed during the Late Eocene, 30 to 40 millions years ago (mya). The first fossil of B. cetoides was discovered in the United States and was initially believed to be some sort of reptile, hence the suffix -saurus, but it was later found to be a marine mammal.