ethical philosophy
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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.
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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.
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Besides this worship of ancestry and the Confucian ethical philosophy, a national form of Buddhism is prevalent.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
From any point of view, it must be regarded as a valuable addition to the literature of ethical philosophy.
From John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors by Fawcett, Henry
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)