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moral philosophy
noun
- philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
moral philosophy
noun
- the branch of philosophy dealing with both argument about the content of morality and meta-ethical discussion of the nature of moral judgment, language, argument, and value
Word History and Origins
Origin of moral philosophy1
Example Sentences
Is the study of society undertaken with a willful ignorance of moral philosophy, theology, civics, and Econ 101.
As a religion Buddhism is an absurdity; in fact, it is no religion at all, only a system of moral philosophy.
This Sixth Satire treats an admirable common-place of moral philosophy, of the true use of riches.
Peter's kindliness was so vast that he felt like a school-boy being forgiven by the professor of moral philosophy.
In 1785 he succeeded Adam Ferguson as professor of moral philosophy and lectured continuously until 1810.
The knowledge of the appetite and will, or moral philosophy, leading to the culture and regiment of the mind, is very deficient.
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