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
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
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)