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).
Another theory as to basilâs name origin is that sometime in itâs history, basil got confused with the Latin basiliscus (basilisk) which was at one time falsely thought to be an antidote to the venom of that creature.