ethical philosophy
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Instead of offering nation-building courses in economics and agriculture, Makerere emphasizes such traditional Western disciplines as ethical philosophy and Greek.
From Time Magazine Archive
But for all his learning, Acton never published a book in his own lifetime; and for all its brilliance, his rigidly ethical philosophy seemed out of step with the complacent new materialism of his age.
From Time Magazine Archive
This ideal is thus a factor in ethical philosophy whose legitimate presence must never be overlooked; it is a positive contribution which the philosopher himself necessarily makes to the problem.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
In the overflowing exuberance of their philanthropy, they take pity of our most lamentable moral darkness, and graciously condescend to teach us the very A B C of ethical philosophy!
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
In another form it is the basis of the ethical philosophy of Plato, who habitually regards virtue as a kind of "order."
From The Greek View of Life by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
