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The aim of this paper is to present tools for analyzing the ethics of utterances in the face-to-face conversation with the use of speech act theory. In particular, an attempt is made to show that ethical examination of the utterance can consist in analyzing its illocution (intention) and perlocution (effect). Additionally, it is proposed that treating a speech act as complementary can be used in the analysis of utterances as those which demand ethical or non-ethical answer.