moral philosophy

moral philosophy

n.

Ethics.

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moral philosophy

Noun

the branch of philosophy dealing with ethics

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moral philosophy - the philosophical study of moral values and rules ethics egoism - (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics bioethics - the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences casuistry - moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas endaemonism, eudemonism - an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason hedonism - an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good descriptivism - (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value prescriptivism - (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior