This line of thought raises the question of whether it would be ethically appropriate for a non-living entity to make such a decision.

"I just thought it was not ethically appropriate for me to take advantage of the situation."

"After carefully reviewing all the relevant materials," the report said, "the panel concludes that the study is both scientifically and ethically appropriate."

Our patients were manifesting potentially dangerous hypoxaemia, and we did not consider it ethically appropriate to withhold this form of treatment.

If they aren't, it's not because of a lack of directives defining what is legally and ethically appropriate in the care of the dying.

Now that the Clinton administration has swiftly and decisively reversed the ban, the time is right to discuss the scientifically and ethically appropriate uses of this material.

I didn't answer right away, trying to conjure an ethically appropriate way to respond.

"One is legal and ethically appropriate, and the other, as reported, is not," the board's statement said.

Mr. Kaye said the information was nonprivileged and said the decision to pass it on to the authorities was ethically appropriate.