Ethics in "American Beauty" The word ethics is derived from the Greek work "ethos," which refers to the character and sentiment of the community, and standards of behavior. Ethical means conforming to the standards of a given profession or group. Any group can set its own ethical standards and then decide to live by them or not. Ethical standards, whether an individual, a society, or even a whole nation establishes them, help to guide a …showed first 75 words of 842 total…

…showed last 75 words of 842 total…many characters with unethical actions, I feel that these two show the point that I'm trying to make the best. Ethics is shown by the action that one makes, not what they think. These characters could have taken a totally different course of action had they acted upon their thoughts. Instead, we were able to see how they felt about ethics through their actions. This movie was very successful in showing this aspect of humanity.