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

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

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

The Stoic opposition to Christianity was the contempt of the Gaul or Roman for what was foreign, or of ethical philosophy for religion.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey