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Ethology

Ethology is the study of ethical systems but more recently the comparative study of animal behaviour in its natural habitat, especially the innate behaviours that appear irrespective of an animal's previous experiences.

Webster Dictionary Meaning

1. Ethology
- A treatise on morality; ethics.
- The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.
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