MORAL PHILOSOPHY

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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)