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

It supposes, therefore, not a mere addition of knowledge, but a transformation of character and an altered view of all the theories which have been embodied in religious and ethical philosophy.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

It has been possible, and even necessary, to present them thus in an unbroken line, because the insular movement in ethical philosophy has been hardly, if at all, affected by anything done abroad.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

But this, though often asserted, is recanted almost in a breath by the same writers who speak thus depreciatingly of our modern ethical philosophy.

From Philebus by Jowett, Benjamin