moral philosophy

noun

: ethics
also : the study of human conduct and values

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That argument has had an enduring impact on moral philosophy and economics to this day. Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024 By Kate Zernike How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church In his 30s, the Republican vice-presidential nominee read works on theology, mysticism, and political and moral philosophy. Kate Zernike Elizabeth Dias Alan Blinder Jun Michael Park, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2024 Watching Bill Murray is fun, watching Bill Murray struggle is really fun, and watching Bill Murray caught in a space-time logjam, wrestling with moral philosophy while pursuing Andie MacDowell, is the most fun. Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024 After all, the idea that the seventeenth century was a time of general crisis originally referred to the critical, even radical thrust of the period’s natural and moral philosophy. Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014 See all Example Sentences for moral philosophy 

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15th century, in the meaning defined above

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“Moral philosophy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral%20philosophy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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