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MORAL PHILOSOPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The philosophical study of moral values and rules
Synonyms:
ethics; moral philosophy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("moral philosophy" is a kind of...):
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Domain member category:
egoism ((ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality)
descriptivism ((ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value)
prescriptivism ((ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moral philosophy"):
bioethics (the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences)
casuistry (moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas)
endaemonism; eudemonism (an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason)
hedonism (an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good)
