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An '''ideal''' is a principle or [[culture|cultural]] [[value]] that one actively pursues as a goal. Ideals are particularly important in [[ethics]], as the order in which one places them tends to determine the degree to which one reveals them as real and sincere.
An '''ideal''' is a principle or [[culture|cultural]] [[value]] that one actively pursues as a goal. Ideals are particularly important in [[ethics]], as the order in which one places them tends to determine the degree to which one reveals them as real and sincere.
Someone who claims to have an ideal of honesty but is willing to lie to protect a friend is demonstrating that not only does he hold [[friendship]] as an ideal, but, it is more important than honesty.
Someone who claims to have an ideal of honesty but is willing to lie to protect a friend is demonstrating that not only does he hold [[friendship]] as an ideal, but, it is more important than honesty.
==In applied ethics==
==In applied ethics==